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Yeah, diplomatically I'm sure it will do the most it can, but supporting militarily any country in the US's backyard would be a declaration of world war.
China will do nothing, as they always do, that is probably by far on their number 1 list of things to adhere, non interference. Specially considering Venezuela is taking territory and it's not the other way round.
Esequibo is a region that used to belong to Venezuela, when Guyana was under British rule they stole it, they have been reclaiming it for as long as they exist under different circumstances but always the imperial powers denied it and kept it there. Recently it was discovered that Esequibo holds the biggest oil reserves in the world, so reclaiming them has become even more important. It is the Venezuelans' Malvinas.
Brazil mobilized troops so that Venezuela doesn't invade Guyana through Brazil's border, since it is the easiest way, it is not supporting Guyana at the moment. I highly doubt Guyana can conscript much troops, and even if they do they are untrained men without the proper equipment, even if Venezuela is less successful at conscription they could still get 100.000 men more and that's already half the population of Guyana if we keep in mind the other 300.000. There's not amount of support imperialist can give for this war to end in favour of Guyana.
Brazil's Minister of Defense, José Múcio, stressed Wednesday that the Armed Forces will "guarantee" security on the triple border the country shares with Venezuela and Guyana in the state of Roraima, whose territory will not be used by troops from any foreign country. "Brazil has to guarantee its borders and our borders are more than guaranteed. We will not allow it. That I assure you", emphasized the Minister of Defense when asked about the latest developments related to the territorial conflict between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region. Minister Múcio's assessment lies in the fact that the disputed region divides Venezuela and Guyana through lush jungles, so that the least costly access would be by sea or through Brazilian territory, for which reason the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has already ordered to reinforce the military presence there. The Minister of Defense announced this week that by order of President Lula he had doubled the number of military troops deployed to this border, from the initial 70,000 to 130,000, in addition to sending some twenty armored vehicles. Lula da Silva already conveyed to the Venezuelan side that Brazil "would not support any foolish gesture" in this matter during the visit of presidential advisor Celso Amorim to Caracas a few days ago, according to the Brazilian news portal G1. The territorial dispute dates back to the 19th century, when a
Guyana doesn't even have an army, and the size of their defense forces is of 3000 men, Venezuela's active personnel is something around 300.000, furthermore Venezuela has complete air superiority. If this becomes a battle of attrition it is simply because Guyana decides to align itself with imperial power that may give them some support, if they do this, it will be a blood bath carried out by their leaders in a war that cannot be won, for land that was stolen and it is not theirs.
Regardless of that, Esequibo is Venezuela's, it is their legitimate land, they can do whatever the fuck they want with the oil
This will be used in the ICJ as proof that Venezuelans still consider that land theirs even if it was colonized quite a few decades ago, from then on we will need to see what's going to happen.
Jesus christ, i thought this people have already accepted reality. Ukraine is literally hopping on one foot with three toes and these bastsrds think theyre winning.
The referendum was to see if Venezuelans still consider that Esequibo should be a part of Venezuela. It wasn't a referendum for an invasion.
hey, the link in the sidebar that says "see this thread for more information" doesn't work and I guess it should link to this post