{"id":14375,"date":"2023-11-29T15:55:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T15:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14375"},"modified":"2023-11-29T15:55:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T15:55:35","slug":"guyanese-demonstrate-patriotism-amidst-venezuelas-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanese-demonstrate-patriotism-amidst-venezuelas-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyanese Demonstrate Patriotism Amidst Venezuela&#8217;s Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Delicia-GUY-Ven-PKG.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite threats from Venezuela, Guyanese citizens are actively demonstrating patriotism and asserting ownership of the Essequibo region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The peaceful expressions of nationalism include Peace Marches, educational campaigns, and the distribution of bumper stickers across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents of the Essequibo region, specifically Port Kaituma, organized a Peace Walk in collaboration with Community Policing Group Members and youth groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This demonstration aims to emphasize Guyanese unity and patriotism, particularly in response to Venezuela&#8217;s planned December 3 referendum and any potential aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela is currently before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana seeks a final, binding settlement affirming the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award, which established the existing boundary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the ruling may take years, Venezuela&#8217;s threats to annex the Essequibo based on the referendum response prompted Guyana to urgently seek provisional measures from the ICJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana anticipates a ruling on its request for provisional measures before December 3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the president and other ministers are actively involved in public education initiatives, reaching out to communities in the Essequibo region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Venezuela has long asserted claims to the Essequibo region, constituting more than two-thirds of Guyana&#8217;s territory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October, the Maduro regime escalated tensions by deploying additional troops to the border, increasing both military personnel and exercises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite threats from Venezuela, Guyanese citizens are actively demonstrating patriotism and asserting ownership of the Essequibo region. The peaceful expressions of nationalism include Peace Marches, educational campaigns, and the distribution&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,359],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-picks"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14378,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14375\/revisions\/14378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}