The recent resurgence of Venezuela’s territorial claim against Guyana has reawakened tensions between the two countries and stirred the interest of both member countries of the Caribbean Community and sections of the wider international community. It has, as well, been the subject of what, reportedly, was an enlightening intellectual discourse on a Thursday, February 29th, 2024 Webinar during which a panel of regional academics addressed the issue of “The Guyana-Venezuela Controversy: The Argyle Declaration and Implications for International Law and the Caribbean.”
Reportage on the forum published in the Monday March 4th issue of the Trinidad Guardian described the event as a “lively” discussion, naming International Relations Expert, Professor Anthony Bryan, and Dean of the Law Faculty at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Alicia Elias-Roberts, as participants in a panel that aired its views on the subject of the recent resurgence of Venezuela’s territorial claim against Guyana, notwithstanding the full and final settlement of the issue under international law more than a century ago.
