Granger appeals to CARICOM Heads over Caracas decree

Caricom heads: President David Granger is fourth from right in the front row.

President David Granger yesterday used his inaugural address to CARICOM Heads to denounce Venezuelan aggression against Guyana, piling pressure on the regional body to strongly condemn this country’s western neighbour whose President, Nicolas Maduro is expected at the summit today.

Declaring that gunboat diplomacy has no place in the 21st Century Caribbean, Granger used most of his address to pillory Caracas over its May 26th maritime decree that aims to swallow up the lion’s share of Guyana’s Atlantic waters.

Granger also hitched Guyana’s fate to the rest of Caricom warning that Venezuela’s hegemonic