Guyana protests to Venezuela over shooting at GGMC officials

Guyana has protested to Venezuela over Monday’s  firing of shots by that country’s army at three mines commission officials on the Cuyuni River.

“The Ministry has dispatched a Note Verbale to the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs conveying the Government of Guyana’s grave concern over this incident and calling on the Venezuelan Government to desist from such provocative and dangerous actions on Guyana’s border,” a press release yesterday from the Ministry stated.

The Note Verbale stressed that “such actions can only lead to the