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https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/12/5/7174951/

Baltic States Send Démarche to Poland over Ukrainian Border Blockade

The ambassadors of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in Warsaw have delivered a démarche against the Polish authorities over the hauliers’ blockade of Ukrainian border crossings, saying it is undermining Ukraine’s ability to resist the full-scale Russian invasion.

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https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/maduro-announces-guayana-esequiba-as-the-24th-state-of-venez

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the establishment of a new High Commission for the Defense of Guyana Esequiba, with coordination led by Vice President Delcy Rodriguez.

He posted on X, saying: "Presidential Decree! The Comprehensive Defense Zone "Guayana Esequiba" has been established with 3 Comprehensive Development Areas (ADI) and 28 development sectors in this territory, militarily and administratively dependent on the "Guayana Esequiba" REDI. Additionally, I appointed M/G Rodríguez Cabello as the sole authority, with political and administrative headquarters in the town of Tumeremo. Full support for this Zone!"

Creada la "Alta Comisión por la Defensa de la Guayana Esequiba" amplia e integrada por el Consejo de Defensa de la Nación, el Consejo Federal de Gobierno, el Consejo de Seguridad Nacional y todos los sectores políticos, religiosos y académicos, coordinada por la Vicepresidenta… pic.twitter.com/PFCTgFP8qA

— Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) December 6, 2023

In the Federal Government Council Assembly, the South American president directed the issuance of licenses for the exploration and exploitation of gas, oil, and minerals in the region.

Additionally, he outlined a prohibition on entering contracts with companies involved in unilateral operations with Guyana in the yet-to-be-delineated waters.

Emphasizing a three-month timeline, he expressed openness to dialogue, stating, "For the good, everything; for the bad, nothing."

Furthermore, he temporarily designated M/G Rodríguez Cabello as the sole Authority of Guayana Esequiba, with the political-administrative headquarters situated in Tumeremo.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-maduro-push-oil-exploration-disputed-territory-2023-12-06/

CARACAS/GEORGETOWN, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he would authorize oil exploration in an area subject to a dispute with Guyana, which said it would report his comments to the United Nations and the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

State oil company PDVSA and state iron and steel maker CVG will create divisions for the disputed region, Maduro said.

The state companies will "immediately proceed to create the division PDVSA Esequibo and CVG Esequibo and immediately we'll proceed to give operating licenses for the exploration and exploitation of oil, gas and mines in our Guayana Esequiba," he said on state television.

Maduro also said he has proposed a law to the government-controlled legislature to create the new state, and companies already operating in waters in the area would have three months to leave.

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali said in comments later on Tuesday that Maduro was showing "blatant disregard" for the ICJ ruling.

"Guyana will be reporting this matter early in the morning. We will write the U.N. Security Council and the court," Ali said in a national broadcast. "The Guyana Defense Force is on high alert ... Venezuela has clearly declared itself an outlaw nation."

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Jeremy Corbyn asks whether Britain has troops on the ground in Gaza. Foreign minister Leo Docherty refuses to answer. pic.twitter.com/NFO3IJOAF8

— Declassified UK (@declassifiedUK) December 4, 2023

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BREAKING:

The Venezuelan Army launches psy-op campaign, posting numerous videos of what it claims is the start of construction of roads in forests leading up to Guyana.

They openly write that the roads are needed for their military logistics in the upcoming invasion of Guyana. pic.twitter.com/hSxdZeW6P2

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 5, 2023

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#BREAKING: Turkey warns Israel of serious consequences if any assassination of Hamas leaders occurs on Turkish soil. (Channel 12)

— Instant News Alerts (@InstaNewsAlerts) December 4, 2023

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Iran threatens to retaliate for killing of 2 Revolutionary Guard officers in Syria, @WallaNews reports. All signs point to upcoming escalation in war beyond Gaza. https://t.co/Zz1QRFkzD0

— Israel Radar (@IsraelRadar_com) December 4, 2023

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Putin Leaves UAE, Heads To Saudi Arabia For Meeting Later On Wednesday

@RiseGS

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Scott Ritter: Israel Headed for Strategic Defeat in Gaza
https://archive.is/eWx5e
https://sputnikglobe.com/20231206/scott-ritter-israel-headed-for-strategic-defeat-in-gaza-1115409414.html

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► Russian BM-21 Grad MLRS fires MISSILES from Comrade Kim Jong-un at Ukraine.


https://rumble.com/v3zylsc--russian-bm-21-grad-mlrs-fires-missiles-from-comrade-kim-jong-un-at-ukraine.html?mref=331eul&mc=atat4

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Today, the AFU have not limited themselves to terrorist attacks on Russian territory. Apparently, celebrating their professional holiday, the Ukrainian formations decided to do the usual thing - artillery terror of the civilian population of the Donetsk People's Republic. For this purpose, the enemy used almost all available types of weapons, from conventional cannon artillery to MLRS, UAVs, etc.

The result of today’s “ AFU holiday” was the death of four people, as well as injuries of varying degrees of severity to another 30 civilians of the DPR.
https://t.me/rybar/54789

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Despite the tense situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border, the Serbian Armed Forces contingent is preparing for rotation and participation in the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.

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Two Israeli right-wing ultranationalist organizations, together with numerous so-called Temple Mount activist groups, are set to hold a march through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem Thursday night to call for the re-establishment of “Jewish control” over the… pic.twitter.com/mMZGP6tpEd

— Jordan News (@jordannewsdaily) December 6, 2023

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الأردن يدين سماح الشرطة الإسرائيلية بمسيرة لمتطرفين ستمر عبر أحياء البلدة القديمة للقدس

— سكاي نيوز عربية-عاجل (@SkyNewsArabia_B) December 6, 2023

Jordan condemns the Israeli police allowing a march by extremists to pass through the neighborhoods of the Old City of Jerusalem

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society is caving to pharma 'engineering'... image is everything. orwell is here now. so insane.

https://rumble.com/v3zw847-digibiomenews-12623-ozympic.html?mref=331eul&mc=atat4

...I warned about these days where coming more than a yr ago when Elon come out useing wegovy. I said it was a phama grift for restructuring the food economy under total pharma control managed by the DoD.

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i'm going to post this because this guy is one i follow since COVID days...
he got me eating 'sauerkraut' 2 years ago... his 'autisim' is my 'crash course'. lol


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DigiBiomeNews: 12/6/23 pyridinyl geneflow ^^^

[quote....]My original warning about tick medication being lyme adjacent just got prime timed! Its all in there just condensed and with a spooky soundtrack. "Bacteria with and odd genome" .. odd like pyridinyl mutation odd? Like fiprinil AR induced morphology in commensal bacteria odd? LIKE GENEFLOW ODD?[/quote]

My original 2 part series.
1. https://rumble.com/v2hed6m-sauerkraut-treatment-lyme-disease.html
2. https://rumble.com/v2vbs8d-sauerkraut-treatment-lyme-pt.2.html

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Iran seizes two fuel tankers carrying 4.5 million liters of fuel in Persian Gulf https://t.co/OP6pqvl0Zy

— EndGameWW3 (@EndGameWW3) December 7, 2023

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Yemen (Houthis)

If Saudi Arabia and the UAE, together with Zionist Israel, take part in the possible military aggression against Yemen, we will target all the oil and gas wells in their countries.

Not only that, we will destroy all their ships. pic.twitter.com/mDTHUd3dlt

— Frank Castle (@FrankCastl74925) December 6, 2023

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Oil, swamps, jungles: why Venezuela and Guyana are in conflict

December 7, 2023


In the past few days, the long-running dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the ownership of the Essequibo region - and its potential return to Venezuela - has become particularly relevant. 
The territory with a total area of ​​159.5 thousand square kilometers west of the Essequibo River of the same name makes up three quarters of the entire territory of Guyana. About 125 thousand people live here and most of the land is impenetrable jungle and swamps - but it is here that some of the largest reserves of oil, gas, copper and gold are found on the planet. 
And not only Venezuela would not refuse to take them for themselves, but also the largest transnational corporations, which have already slowly gotten their hands into the business of extracting minerals on the Guyana shelf. However, first things first.

Historical background

It is more logical to start a conversation about the Essequibo dispute with the facts on the basis of which Venezuela declares its claims to the region. To explain it as simply as possible, Essequibo was previously part of Venezuela and was one of the Spanish colonies on the continent.
During the War of Independence of the Spanish colonies in America, led by Simon Bolivar at the beginning of the nineteenth century, problems also began in the Dutch colonies, which included the territory of present-day Guyana. Only the Dutch were in conflict with Great Britain, which laid claim to part of their territories, formally included in the French Empire. As a result, the parties reached an agreement (in accordance with the Anglo-Dutch Convention of 1814, dictated by the interests of Great Britain) that part of the territories - including South American, which included Essequibo, would be under English jurisdiction. The Netherlands retained their trading rights in these territories. Thus, relatively speaking, the lands that would later be called British Guiana were born. Moreover, lands that initially did not have a clear defined border in the Essequibo region.
Afterwards, Great Britain was approached with territorial claims from Venezuela (at that time part of Gran Colombia) and demanded that British settlers leave the lands of Western Guyana, which, according to earlier treaties between Spain and the Netherlands, belonged to the territories of Venezuela. 
However, Britain continued to colonize these lands and soon united them with several other former Dutch colonies, creating British Guiana and claiming its own exclusive rights to it.

Expected US Army Base

Return Attempts

The Venezuelan authorities have not given up attempts to return Essequibo for more than a hundred years, starting from that very dispute with the United Kingdom. 
One of the main stages of the legal proceedings occurred in 1899, when the issue of ownership of Essequibo was considered by the Parisian international arbitration, which decided to transfer this territory to Great Britain.
In 1949, interesting facts came to light: the American lawyer Severo Malle-Prévost, who participated in this process as a defense of the Venezuelan side, published a memorandum accusing the Paris arbitration judges of bias and favoring Great Britain.
After Guyana gained independence from the Kingdom in 1966, control of the region passed to the new authorities of the former colony. Earlier in the year, Venezuela and the UK signed the Geneva Agreement to peacefully resolve the Essequibo issue through direct negotiations - but Guyana's "sudden" independence again left the regions under de facto British control (let's not forget that Guyana continues to be one of the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations).
In 2018, Guyana went to the International Court of Justice, seeking to uphold the 1899 arbitration award and gain absolute control over the disputed region.
And in April 2023, the claim was declared acceptable for consideration. The Venezuelan side argues that the process cannot be subject to the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice and insists on the demarcation of borders through direct negotiations with the Government of Guyana - that is, it requires compliance with the 1966 Geneva Agreement.
On November 14, 2023, representatives of the two countries met again at the International Court of Justice, where the representative of Guyana demanded to “stop” the Venezuelan referendum on the ownership of the region, which was planned (and succeeded) to be held on December 3. Guyana argued that the referendum would pave the way for outright annexation of Essequibo.

When oil is discovered in a country

Many experts note that active attempts by Venezuela to return Essequibo resumed in 2015, when the largest oil and gas deposits were found in the region, and the Guyanese authorities began issuing concessions to international companies (including ExxonMobil, which extracts most of the raw materials on the local shelves). for oil production. 
In 2014, Nicolas Maduro declared that exploration in the disputed waters was illegal and issued a decree expanding the list of claims to Guyana's water boundaries.
Today, Guyana - according to some experts - is experiencing a major economic recovery and is constantly increasing oil production. For example, in 2022, GDP growth was 64%, and by November 2023, crude oil production amounted to 400 thousand barrels per day. According to forecasts, by 2027 this number will increase to 1.2 million barrels over an area of ​​26 thousand square kilometers. Guyana has also actually become one of the main drivers of growth in supplies to world markets from non-OPEC countries.

About the referendum

Official Caracas carried out its intention to hold a referendum on December 3, and by Monday it became known that it had managed to collect at least 10.5 million votes from Venezuelan citizens. 95% of voters supported the historical and political position of the government of the Bolivarian Republic - which automatically gives the government a mandate to take further “more decisive” actions. 
Already by December 5, the Venezuelan leadership announced a number of priority measures regarding Essequibo: it is necessary to distribute a map of a reunified Venezuela, pass a law creating a new 24th state called Guyana-Essequibo, create an Integral Defense Zone of the region and approve a plan for social services for the population of the region, involving including the issuance of Venezuelan identity cards to citizens living there.
State-owned oil and gas company PDVSA and the Venezuelan Guyana Corporation CVG have been directed to establish their respective units in Guyana-Essequibo and issue licenses for the production of oil, gas and minerals. A period of three months has also been established for the cessation of oil production in undivided areas of the sea shelf under licenses issued to foreign companies by the Government of Guyana.
In addition, the Venezuelan military began actively sending construction materials to the border with Guyana, sowing rumors that they were intended to strengthen the military base there.
Against the backdrop of news of this kind, ExxonMobile shares predictably went into free fall.
However, it is somewhat premature to talk about a real military conflict (in the sense in which Europeans, who have been watching Ukraine for the second year, imagine it).

Government and opposition in Venezuela

According to the Venezuelan opposition – which, oddly enough, is unanimous with Nicolas Maduro’s team on the issue of Essequibo’s ownership – the current round of events is not at all connected with the fact that the government wants to return Essequibo. No, they perceive this as a propaganda campaign by the “regime”, which is now very necessary and will become part of the election campaign for the 2024 presidential elections.
In this case, the fugitive Juan Guaidó is talking about pure “propaganda”, and the new opposition leader Maria Corina Machado insists that after such a referendum we need to do something completely different: for example, formalize an impeccable position on the protection of Essequibo in the International Court of Justice and attract the best for these purposes specialists. 
Other representatives of the opposition community believe that everything will be limited to demonstration exercises and some spectacular events with the likelihood of small local clashes - after all, even during the presidency of Hugo Chavez, official Caracas missed several opportunities to return the region and few people were very worried about this.

Protecting Guyana and TNCs

As for the Guyanese authorities, they said that they regard the actions of the Venezuelan government as a direct threat to territorial integrity, they are activating the army to protect the territory and counting on the support of the US Southern Command.
If we look at things realistically, then all of Guyana’s rhetoric about protecting its territorial integrity is aimed primarily at protecting the interests of transnational corporations that need access to the deposits located there. In addition, the United States plans to place a military base on the disputed territory.
At the same time, the illusion that the United States and multinational companies are preparing for a new local conflict may turn out to be incorrect. Venezuela is in no position to pose such a challenge to its political opponents, and foreign oil production offshore Guyana was clearly part of an earlier controversial oil deal between Caracas and Washington , with TNCs receiving production concessions days after negotiations.
Before the imposition of sanctions, approximately 30% of oil from Venezuela entered the US market, and it is these supplies that can significantly affect the significantly increased domestic prices. Moreover, in parallel, this will cause some damage to small oil refineries in China, which, after the imposition of sanctions, began monopolizing the purchase of oil from Venezuela at very comfortable prices.
For their part, the Pentagon and the CIA will greatly benefit from this deal, since it is planned to establish a military base in the region to protect the interests of TNCs. In the future, it can be used to put pressure on the Venezuelan government, up to and including a naval blockade of part of the coast and ports of the Bolivarian Republic.
Thus, everything that is happening allows the Venezuelan authorities to actually “save face” and meet the interests of TNCs halfway, while maintaining a high degree of confrontation in the regional media (the international Western media have still not fully joined in - and this is significant). As for representatives of Chevron and ExxonMobil, they only care about the volumes of oil that they can produce and deliver to the market. Whether they come from the shelf of Venezuela or from the shelf of territories disputed with Guyana does not matter.

https://rybar-ru.translate.goog/essekibo/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
https://archive.is/n5DVb
https://rybar.ru/essekibo/

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https://t.me/AntiSpiegel/8076

Why are Venezuela and Guyana on the brink of war?  
 ➥ Read the article here
There is an ancient territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana, which could now escalate. Here I explain why.
@Kommentare zu : AntiSpiegel * Thomas Röper

https://www.anti-spiegel.ru/2023/warum-stehen-venezuela-und-guyana-am-rande-eines-krieges/

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How good that there is the "Anti Spiegel", Thomas Röper also published the facts of the above article there.

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one of the smaller chop-shops in Moscow


Russia's military-industrial-appliance complex

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I was gone for a wedding. 1 week. I'm back now. what did you do????

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lol

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► CONTROLLED DEMOLITION: IOF now beginning to detonate N Gaza after controlling the area


https://rumble.com/v40411w--controlled-demolition-iof-now-beginning-to-detonate-n-gaza-after-controlli.html?mref=331eul&mc=atat4

It's been notable that the Israeli army is detonating everything in northern Gaza after controlling the area.
Seen here the controlled demolition of a large residential complex in newly occupied territory.
The army is following political order to ensure that no Gazan can live in northern Gaza for many years to come because of the inhabitable status of the area.
It's the buffer zone in the making

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https://rumble.com/v401sfv-while-the-west-doesnt-know-what-to-do-russia-continues-to-act-harshly.-mili.html?mref=331eul&mc=atat4

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Evening folks

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1732730744219295745

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► SouthFront Children Sent To War In Ukraine December 5 2023


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► SouthFront Retreating At Front, Kiev Got Blow From Rear In Washington December 6 2023


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Russian soldiers capturing an abandoned Leo 2 pic.twitter.com/M6UsM4h9wd

— Russians With Attitude (@RWApodcast) December 7, 2023