https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/7/colombians-held-over-ecuador-presidential-candidates-murder-slain-in-jail
― StanM, Saturday, 7 October 2023 22:36 (seven months ago) link
So about this Esequiba referendum on Sunday
― anvil, Thursday, 30 November 2023 07:52 (five months ago) link
Do you agree to reject by all means in accordance with the law, the line fraudulently interposed by the 1899 Paris Arbitration Award, which seeks to deprive us of our Guayana Esequiba?
Choice Votes %Referendum passed Yes ' 97.83No 2.17
Do you agree with the creation of the Guayana Esequiba state and the development of an accelerated plan for comprehensive care for the current and future population of that territory, which includes, among others, the granting of citizenship and identity card? Venezuela, in accordance with the Geneva Agreement and International Law, consequently incorporating said state on the map of Venezuelan territory?Choice Votes %Referendum passed Yes ' 95.93No 4.07
― anvil, Monday, 4 December 2023 16:36 (five months ago) link
There were some weird wikipedia screenshots earlier today on twitter which showed similar numbers but with exact totals the same for every question. But on wikipedia itself no such results were present, in fact no results were present at all
But now results are on wikipedia for real
― anvil, Monday, 4 December 2023 16:38 (five months ago) link
Don't know anything about this referendum tbh but you've got to be suspicious of any vote that ends up with percentages like that
― Tom D has a right to defend himself (Tom D.), Monday, 4 December 2023 16:42 (five months ago) link
Essequibo is larger than Greece and rich in minerals. It also gives access to an area of the Atlantic where energy giant ExxonMobil discovered oil in commercial quantities in 2015, drawing the attention of Maduro’s government.
well there we go.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Monday, 4 December 2023 17:00 (five months ago) link
Love the wording on those questions, especially the first: Do you agree to reject by all means in accordance with the law, the line fraudulently interposed by the 1899 Paris Arbitration Award, which seeks to deprive us of our Guayana Esequiba?…or are you some kind of sissy?
― Tapioca by Jean Sibelius (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 4 December 2023 17:53 (five months ago) link
So what does this actually mean? What happens next? I still don't really understand the purpose of this referendum
Brazil seem to be taking it seriously enough to send troops to the border region, as presumably any operation would have to traverse Brazilian territory given the terrain. Or is all just bluster ahead of next years election? But what does a referendum with no subsequent action achieve
― anvil, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 10:04 (five months ago) link
Ordené de manera inmediata publicar y a llevar a todas las escuelas, liceos, Consejos Comunales, establecimientos públicos, universidades y en todos los hogares del país el nuevo Mapa de Venezuela con nuestra Guayana Esequiba. ¡Este es nuestro mapa amado! pic.twitter.com/qliW31Lyb9— Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) December 6, 2023
New Venezuela map just dropped
― anvil, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 08:01 (five months ago) link
I realize there's a lot of focus on this at the moment, but I remembered this from a few years ago about the upcoming situation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCLZMW6gbAY
3 different perspectives on the situation, including a Cambridge Analytica whistleblower
― anvil, Saturday, 9 December 2023 17:49 (five months ago) link
After a lot of attention on this earlier, now seems to have gone quiet. I'm not sure what happens next, Venezuelan elections aren't until the second half of 2024
― anvil, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 11:05 (five months ago) link
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-guyana-presidents-meet-amid-territorial-dispute-2023-12-14/
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 16:31 (five months ago) link
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-09/ecuador-under-emergency-as-drug-lord-fito-escapes-jail/103298002
― StanM, Tuesday, 9 January 2024 08:42 (four months ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/ecuador-gangs-wave-terror-state-of-emergency
― Little Billy Love (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 January 2024 21:02 (four months ago) link
Insane situation.
― Little Billy Love (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 January 2024 21:03 (four months ago) link
Second time he has escaped!
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 January 2024 21:06 (four months ago) link
ugh
― The Glittering Worldbuilders (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 9 January 2024 21:14 (four months ago) link
This footage is gnarlsberg:
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 9 January 2024 23:45 (four months ago) link