Guyana railed against Venezuelan claim at Non-Aligned Summit in Caracas

Marilyn Mile

Hosting the 17th Summit of the Heads of state and government of the Non-Aligned Movement last week, Venezuela got an earful on its territorial claim to Guyana which has seen increasingly tense relations between the two countries over the last 15 months.

Delivering the salvo on Sunday was Guyana’s Ambassador to Venezuela, Marilyn Miles who described Caracas’ claim to more than two-thirds of the country as a “potential threat to our peace and security”.

The text of Miles’ presentation was released yesterday by the Office of the Prime Minister, a day after President David Granger had delivered a