Venezuela’s Electoral Authority Says Referendum Supports Claim of Sovereignty Over Swatch of Neighboring Guyana

Published on December 4, 2023

Venezuelans on Sunday approved a referendum called by the government of President Nicolás Maduro to claim sovereignty over an oil- and mineral-rich piece of neighboring Guyana, the country’s electoral authority announced. Few voters could be seen at voting centers throughout the voting period, but the National Electoral Council claimed that more than 10.5 million voters cast ballots. Maduro loyalists labeled the vote a success even before results were known. “We are solving through constitutional, peaceful and democratic means an imperial dispossession of 150 years,” Mr. Maduro said after voting in a military complex in Caracas, the capital. He and other government officials have not explained the exact steps they will take to enforce the referendum’s results....

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