The Colombia/Ecuador/Venezuela Mess or Let's Place Bets on How Long Before the U.S. Backs a Colombian War With Venezuela

It's not only boring Politicos, it's the concern trolling over killers and terrorists who are politicians (Petro), which unperson also engaged in further up the thread, that is part of the problematic response.

Ah. Here's the follow up. Good on Tapper. I saw some mention he's probably talking about Haiti for one https://t.co/tvBJaferb2

— Sarah Horrocks🎪 (@mercurialblonde) July 12, 2022

Just got round to this piece on Petro and the gigantic task that faces his government.

https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/petros-premonition?pc=1454

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/10/ecuador-presidential-candidate-fernando-villavicencio-killed

Horrible.

From this tweet he wasn't going to win.

🇪🇨 Ecuador voter intention averages (@CELAGeopolitica's compilation of recent polls)

1. Luisa Gonzalez 39.4%
2. Otto Sonnenholzner 14.5%
3. Yaku Perez 14.1%
4. Fernando Villavicencio 11.7%
5. Jan Topic 7.9% pic.twitter.com/JQDwfNYBqy

— Camila (@camilapress) August 10, 2023

The name Otto Sonnenholzner kinda sets off alarm bells.

Feels like not a day goes by here without friends from Ecuador talking about the violence there.

Colombian nationals. This was make for very interesting discussions tonight.

Cofan Indigenous activist Eduardo Mendúa has been assassinated in his village, Dureno, The Amazon, Ecuador. Eduardo fought oil companies like Chevron, which extract from and destroy their water & land. pic.twitter.com/PGotXdwl8D

— Scream of The Butterfly (@odetomedusa) August 11, 2023

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/7/colombians-held-over-ecuador-presidential-candidates-murder-slain-in-jail

So about this Esequiba referendum on Sunday

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 ' 97.83
No 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 ' 95.93
No 4.07

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

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

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-guyana-presidents-meet-amid-territorial-dispute-2023-12-14/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-09/ecuador-under-emergency-as-drug-lord-fito-escapes-jail/103298002

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/ecuador-gangs-wave-terror-state-of-emergency

Insane situation.

Second time he has escaped!

ugh

This footage is gnarlsberg:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/ecuador-gangs-wave-terror-state-of-emergency