Mark Feierstein on Venezuela’s Recent Push to Claim Part of Guyana

December 20, 2023 00:10:29
Mark Feierstein on Venezuela’s Recent Push to Claim Part of Guyana
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Mark Feierstein on Venezuela’s Recent Push to Claim Part of Guyana

Dec 20 2023 | 00:10:29

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Show Notes

By intensifying Venezuela’s claim to resource-rich territory in neighboring Guyana, the Maduro regime is “trying to link this international dispute with his own domestic politics” in order to “whip up nationalist sentiment” ahead of 2024 Venezuelan elections, says USIP’s Mark Feierstein.

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