if Venezuela was truly interested in dialog they wouldn’t have held the stupid referendum in the first place.

Unless Maduro finally realized that he’s about to bite off more than he can chew and wants to back down, he’ll just demand that Guyana cede the Essequibo and of course Guyana will refuse and then Maduro will pull a Russia and be like “the extremist Guyanese are not ready for talks and insist on war” or some such nonsense.

Why would Guyana even entertain this? Maduro knows what he wants and why he’s doing it.

I don’t really see the entire point of this meeting either but I like that it was initiated by St. Vincent and also Brazil will be present. I don’t know what they expect out of this meeting either since it doesn’t seem like Maduro is willing to fold.

Theres nothing left to say, we already made our mind up.

And maduro’s back peddling has begun. How to exit this charade and save face.

I feel Irfaan gonna fold and agree to split/dovide the profits between the countries. I think he’s a great leader but idk if he’s prepped to deal with a dictator face to face.

Edit: I might be ignorant on this topic. I don’t think Guyanas leaders in general are prepared, skilled or rehearsed enough to handle a conflict of this level. I’d be glad to know if I’m wrong.

Clearly I’m not well educated on Guyanese politics enough. President Irfaan NOT Imran. My apologies for the disrespect.

Hey a venezuelan here, I don’t know what Maduro want with that conversation, but I don’t think he will propose a split of the territory, in the past ours best diplomatics propose that and almost all the governments rejected it, but if that was the case “splitting” I’m sure it won’t be a 50/50 split, I don’t know but I think we are not going to any war, it is a political situation and most of the people of here don’t wanna go to war.

O feel like a share sovereign over the territory and plans to develop the area and improve the life of the people it’s a better idea, and then in the future let the people choose in what country they want to take part. In the past venezuelans try to develop the area building dams and hydroelectric plants but the Guyanese government block the the construction, and cancel the cooperation plans.

I don’t support any war, and think the diplomacy is the way.

Also if yo don’t believe what I’m saying yo can search in your government archive, form that place is from I find the information of the cooperation plans between our countries.

Maduro will propose have ALL Essequibo to Venezuela. What probably he will receive? Authorizarion for PDVSA explore oil in Essequibo together with Exxon.

He’s going to trick Ali, and it’ll be like this. Give me Essequibo and I let you have the entire oil block. Guyanese leadership is corrupt and greedy and only see oil money to steal, and don’t care about the Amerindians that live in Essequibo, so they will agree. Venezuela already has oil, a lot of oil, so that’s not really what this is about.

Waste of time. Deal was already done a long time ago.

Venezuelan here. The Maduro government is going as a formality to say “they tried to solve the issue in a diplomatic way.” He is going to ask for things no Guyanese would ever conceive. Even if they agree on something, it is very unlikely that Maduro will keep his word.

Just as a reference, Maduro signed a few months ago the “Barbados Agreement” which he promised to freed political prisoners, allow free elections and allow any candidate to run against him in exchange for ending sanctions. Sanctions ended and he has not done absolutely anything.

kay no offense to any of these commenters, or even yourself OP, but there are some serious misconceptions I feel need to be clarified in this whole thread.

One, the case between Guyana and Venezuela is being heard by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and not the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICJ is like the judicial arm of the UN, and hears disputes between States. The ICC is more about trying individuals accused of war crimes.

Two, any discussion between Heads of State is just that, talks. There is literally no way that the Guyanese President can go and give Venezuela any land in Essequibo. For anyone in this thread saying that President Ali could go and ‘sign over’ Essequibo’s land or sea THERE IS LITERALLY NO BASIS OR WAY IN LAW, THE GUYANESE CONSTITUTION, that he could unilaterally do anything or the sort (there are ways that countries can cede territory, but NONE of them apply here). Seriously, that fear needs to be cut out right now, because that kind of misinformation that Guyana is going to or is willing to cede any of our territory is really dangerous.

The reason it’s good this talk is going ahead is because it’s going to be mediated. St Vincent and Brazil are going to be there to report afterwards whether or not things went well. Maduro is going to be a lying dog about everything I’m sure, but we have two other parties there to corroborate any reports. Diplomacy is VITAL right now because Guyana is showing the world that we are not the aggressors. We’re not pushing for war. We’re hopefully going to remind Maduro that his own people will suffer if he pulls this insane stunt. We are awaiting the results of the ICJ decision, of which two judges have already said we have sovereignty over Essequibo.

Please, everyone reading this. This is a scary time, and I can’t tell what will happen if this situation escalates, I am praying that it doesn’t. But hysteria and misinformation about perfectly normal talks will do more harm than good.

Ukraine flashbacks