Why Venezuela is Preparing to Conquer Guyana

Already feels a bit outdated, considering the latest developments... Edit: for anyone who hasn't heard, Venezuelan and Guayana's leaders met a few days ago and Venezuela agreed not to escalate or use force to solve the dispute. In a way, all this was very convenient bluster for Maduro to jail more opposition at home and drum up some national fervor for his regime. Of course promises don't mean much these days, but let's be real, Venezuela has less capacity for actual leverage here. No nukes to threaten anyone, absolutely no logistics to sustain an invasion, the Americans very nearby... Edit 2: quite a few people have been bringing up cases like Russia promising not to invade, but it's not about the promises, it's the ability to violate them without the significant consequences, sort of. The Russians expected a quick victory and that everyone would forget about it and move on. Now, as Russia's setting itself up for a long war, their strategy is just to wait the West out. 140 million population, significant military production capacity still (though sanctions do hurt), nukes to hold off other great powers intervening. Again, what the hell does Venezuela have? The Russians certainly can't spare anything to help anyway. If the US suddenly collapsed tomorrow, yeah, maybe Venezuela would invade Guyana

As a Venezuelan, our government does not represent our people. Maduro is a man acting on his own accord separate from anything actual Venezuelans would want. I hope the best for the people of Guyana 🇻🇪 ❤ 🇬🇾

As a Guyanese living in Guyana I can say that we never took it that serious (the people i.e). It was concerning but we never really felt threatened. This area isn't just rich in oil. Guyana has some of the highest quality gold and diamonds in the Essequibo region. We are concerned of how welcoming our government is to Venezuelans, adding spanish to our licenses and stores, our defense force bases, etc. Let's see what happens though. Oh and the taxing the oil companies is laughable, check your facts on that. Great vid though you get a like from me.

I don't always agree with your final takes, but you draw a fantastic wider picture every time. Well done!

a country making an election for "yall should we take over this country?" sounds pretty funny

Venezuela has been absolutely destroyed over the decades. For those lucky enough to have travelled there before this slow death, it’s been nothing but a crime. Caracas was so prosperous and beautiful. The country was such a wonderful place. Very safe, sophisticated, arts, MUSIC, culture, welcoming people, nightlife, restaurants, beaches- a holiday in Venezuela was like heaven. I just can’t understand why this had to happen.

You work for 40yrs to have $1m in your retirement, Meanwhile some people are putting just $10k in a meme coin for just few months sometimes lesser and now they are multi millionaires. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life ✊🏻❤️

Thank you! The historical info was very helpful in understanding everything!

As a Guyanese who has also lived in Venezuela, I think your analysis is spot on and your facts are definitely well researched and authentic. The presidents of Guyana and Venezuela recently met in St Vincent and agreed not to use force to settle the dispute. Also a few days ago, Britain decided to send a warship to conduct military exercises along Guyana's coast. This a clear message that Britain will not tolerate any incursion.

I'm Guyanese living in England. I doubt Venezuela would try such an invasion because they'll be setting themselves up for fail. Guyana is also part of the commonwealth. So Britain would back Guyana, not to mention Brazil & the US getting involved. Plus Venezuela's current situation in their country is collapsing, they won't have the funds or resources to take on such a war.

Thank you very much! This was a highly informative video that answered many questions I had.

Such an extensive yet informative video. It was explained so well. I’m subscribing.

I love how the us and brazil both almost immediately moved their own forces in to place to send Venezuela a very firm "try it and see what happens" kind of message.

This is really scary from an environmental standpoint, as Guyana has some of the world's most pristine remaining rainforests and the idea that that area may be plunged into chaos is frightening for many species which have found their last refuge in the region.

Excellent video! Very easy to to understand this complex issue. Keep up the good work.

I learned so much from this video. Thanks for sharing

Part of me genuinely wants to see Venezuela try, because there is a real possibility this goes about as well as Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait…

Hi in Trinidadian. Guyana is a nation linguistically, culturally and demographically very similar to our island. I've been there many times . Trinidad is also extremely close and was once connected with land between Venezuela, with a lot of Venezuelans flocking to our small island to find a better life from their government, and this is responsible for causing a lot of controversy in recent years. Its so outrageous how the Venezuelan government want to occupy the protected land of Essequibo to exploit it of oil and minerals despite it having no historical ties to the people here. Trinidad and Tobago got your back Guyana, I pray for peace in the region.

Thank You for this content. I've been looking into this developing dispute for a episode of my podcast and you have truly created a well researched video. I'll definitely have to catch up on more of your content on here and Spotify.

Another great video. I always learn so much.