President of Venezuela, Nicolas Madurosigned six decrees this Friday to make previous announcements official, such as the appointment of a single authority in the disputed territory. Guyanawhich will operate from an area close to the disputed area, at the same geographical point where he ordered the creation of a military division.

In front of hundreds of supporters gathered outside the presidential palace, Maduro confirmed the decisions announced on Tuesday and repeated since then regarding the unilateral referendum held on Sunday in Venezuela, when the majority approved the annexation of the disputed territorycontrolled by Georgetown.

In addition to signing decrees in front of the crowd, the President once again called several opponents “traitors to the country” while recounting the deaths of five Guyanese soldiers who died aboard a helicopter as they headed into disputed territory, such as “message from outside”.

Signed

Decrees Officially designated General Alexis Rodriguez Cabello as “sole authority.” carry out its mandate from the city of Tumeremo, located tens of kilometers from the area in question.

In the same way he created division of the state oil company PDVSA “proceed with the issuance of licenses” for the exploitation of oil, gas and minerals in “the entire” territory and in “all” seas of Guayana Esequiba, without specifying a start date for the issuance of these permits.

Mature too asked to “start work” to protect forests and announced that this Saturday the office of the Identification, Migration and Immigration Service (Saime) will open in Tumeremo, for which he predicts the prompt delivery of Venezuelan identity cards to Essquibans moving to this point.

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In addition, he formalized the order that prohibits publishing the old mapin which Essequibo became a “territory under claim”, forcing institutions to use exclusively new cartography in which the disputed territory, which Venezuela has not controlled since 1899, appears as an integral part of the national territory.

Parliament controlled by Chavismo He also held an event to unveil the new map.as a triumph of the referendum that the House promoted.

What was expressed

Maduro saved this Friday his promise to work towards the “restoration” of Esequiba’s Guayanawhile criticizing those he considers enemies of the cause, including former lawmaker Maria Corina Machado, the presidential candidate of the main opposition coalition.

They “speak against the people, support Exxon Mobile Guyana. I call on people to denounce this in every street, in every community,” the president said, naming Machado and other opponents such as former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles and former parliament presidents Juan Guaidó and Julio Borges.

In the same act expressed condolences to the “people of Guyana” over the accident in which five soldiers were killed, without failing to note that what happened is a kind of signal to Georgetown not to “mess with Venezuela.”

For his part, Guyanese President Irfaan Ali warned in an interview with Colombian magazine Semana that his Venezuelan counterpart “threatens the stability of the region,” especially companies that operate in the disputed area, after Maduro talks about 90 days for these companies to stop operating.

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On the same day, the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, called on the parties to continue dialogue, saying that “there are some things that they happen behind the scenes“, which he preferred to keep secret.

Meanwhile, the UN Security Council held an “urgent” meeting behind closed doors to draw attention to the escalating tensions over this controversy, while the details of what was expressed at this conclave are still unknown. (EFE)