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Posted: Wednesday 27 January, 2021 at 9:04 AM

Guyana/Venezuela Border issue heats up with arrested fishermen 

By: Staff Reporter, SKNVibes.com

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - THE recent interception and detaining of two Guyanese fishing vessels and their crew members by a Bolivarian Navy patrol vessel in Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) has created an additional conflict over the decades-old border controversy between the two nations.

     

    The two nations are locked in an ongoing battle, since in the Colonial era, over Venezuela’s claim of two- thirds of Guyana’s territory, following a disputed 1896 tribunal. 

     

    Just recently tensions flared up when the International Court of Justice handed down a decision indicating that it had jurisdiction to hear the disputed matter.

     

    Vessels from Venezuela have been sailing in Guyana waters without proper jurisdiction and over the weekend, two Guyana registered vessels,  the Lady Nayera and the Sea Wolf, were intercepted and the crew members were arrested.

     

    All of this followed Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro passing a decree claiming the disputed area as belonging to that country.
     
    However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Georgetown contends that the two vessels, operating off the coast of Waini Point within Guyana’s EEZ, were intercepted by Venezuelan naval vessel Commandante Hugo Chavez GC 24.

     

    “The Captains were instructed to chart a course to Port Guiria where the boats and crew have been detained,” the Ministry said in a media statement.

     

    Guyana is now claiming that the Venezuelan Government has not properly informed them of the detention of its nationals.
     
    “The Venezuelan vessel was illegally manoeuvring [sic] within Guyana’s EEZ and Contiguous Zone when it intercepted, boarded, and commandeered the Guyanese fishing vessels. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is currently seeking to ascertain the status and welfare of the crew members,” the Ministry added.

     

    Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd is expected to engage the regional media on the developments in a news conference slated for Saturday (Jan. 30) morning.

     

    Late Monday (Jan. 25) evening, Todd spoke with his counterpart from Venezuela who contended that the men were plying their trade in waters belonging to the Spanish-speaking nation.
      
    The 12 fishermen remain in custody in Caracas. 

     

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