{"id":14586,"date":"2023-12-12T20:20:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14586"},"modified":"2023-12-12T20:20:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:20:56","slug":"apnuafc-holds-public-meeting-on-guyana-venezuela-border-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/apnuafc-holds-public-meeting-on-guyana-venezuela-border-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"APNU+AFC Holds Public Meeting on Guyana\/Venezuela Border Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The APNU+AFC hosted a public meeting at Stabroek Market Square on Monday to address the ongoing Guyana\/Venezuela territorial controversy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition legislators addressed the gathering, emphasizing that Venezuela is the aggressor in the matter but expressing confidence that Guyana will succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Undeveloped and sparsely populated, Essequibo is resource-rich, making it the target of Venezuela&#8217;s longstanding claim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition MP Khemraj Ramjattan highlighted that Venezuela&#8217;s threats have hindered the full development of the Essequibo region, leading to the suspension of many projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ramjattan stressed that there is no doubt Venezuela has denied Guyana the opportunity to fully tap into the potential of the Essequibo region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opposition MP Amanza Walton-Desir delved into the historical facts behind the border controversy, calling for unity among Guyanese to stand against Venezuela&#8217;s unwarranted threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Opposition MPs, who are lawyers, expressed confidence in Guyana securing a favorable decision in the case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICJ is set to rule on Guyana&#8217;s request for provisional measures in relation to Venezuela&#8217;s referendum on Essequibo scheduled for December 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public meeting aimed to address concerns and mobilize support as the nation awaits the ICJ&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The APNU+AFC hosted a public meeting at Stabroek Market Square on Monday to address the ongoing Guyana\/Venezuela territorial controversy. Opposition legislators addressed the gathering, emphasizing that Venezuela is the aggressor&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14586","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=14586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14588,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14586\/revisions\/14588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}