Guyana probing Venezuelans’ visit to Eteringbang

Part of the group of Venezuelans who came on the mission to Essequibo (El Universal/Handout photo)

The Government of Guyana is said to be investigating the circumstances surrounding the visit of a number of Venezuelans and military personnel to Eteringbang on the day the Head of State of that country visited Guyana for talks with President Donald Ramotar.

According to the report in the Venezuelan publication El Universal, “officers of the Venezuelan army” accompanied 45 Venezuelan citizens who carried out “an act of sovereignty in the Essequibo disputed area” on Saturday August 31, 2013. It was the same day that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro