Post #1471

Tensions rise again between Venezuela and Guyana. Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez has strongly criticized the expansion of US corporation ExxonMobil’s oil exploration in the territorial waters of the disputed Essequibo region. “The energy multinational not only usurps the sovereignty of Guyana […] but also seeks to protect its illicit operations in a sea that is pending demarcation,” Rodríguez wrote Tuesday on social media while taking aim at the “warmongering US influence.” Rodríguez’s reaction came after ExxonMobil’s president Alistair Routledge announced on Tuesday the company will drill two new exploratory wells in the Stabroek Block while Washington’s announced it will provide Guyana with new aircraft, helicopters, military drones and radar technology. Read more at https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-rejects-new-exxonmobil-oil-wells-in-essequibo-ramped-up-us-military-aid/