On Thursday, Venezuela’s lawmakers allied with President Maduro passed a law to form a new state on land integrated into Guyana for generations. This legislative move underscores Maduro’s assertion of Venezuela’s governance over the vast 160,000 square kilometers Esequibo region amidst unresolved international legal battles. Importantly, this initiative presently has no direct effect on the […]
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