As the end-of-year deadline for substantial pro-gress on the Venezuela border controversy looms, President David Granger last Friday expressed confidence that Guyana has a good case for the legal resolution of the matter.
“This monkey has been on our backs for 51 years and we hope to go into the new year with a very clear idea that the matter can be resolved under the law. As far as we are concerned Guyana has every legal right…the Venezuelans have not been able to advance any evidence to show that the (1899) tribunal award (settling boundaries) was void”, Granger said during a press conference which was held at the Ministry of the Presidency.
He was responding to a question on how prepared Guyana is at this point to move to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) if this is announced by the United Nations (UN).
Granger in his response said that Guyana
