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World needs to move off oil. I hope Xi can get an efficient scheme to do hydrogen and oxygen from seawater. Green energy + battery + water purification. I'm sure we have the capacity to make a self sustaining or net positive way of doing this with current tech and knowldge. BRICS should be developing and testing cutting edge tech in these places. Once oil is irrelevant, or a minority player in world energy, the global grab for oil lands will decrease as developing countries will benifiet from the tech.

Knowing the US and how peak hawkish they are now with it's history with Venezuela, I think this is a trap from within. Those advocating for this should be placed on a SUS list. They'll use it as an excuse to go full military on Venezuela and crank down on the sanctions again.

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[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

I'm also worried about this but want to bring in these thoughts from the news mega:

Really doubt Maduro will actually invade Guyana. Venezuela is only doing this now because the US wanted to build military bases around the Venezuelan border since they can't use Brazil or Colombia territory anymore as their base for a land invasion of Venezuela.

i’m not so sure. while Maduro certainly doesn’t seem like a mad, blinded nationalist intent on expanding borders, there’s more to the crafting of state policy than just the executive’s vibe.

if he has enough realistically and proactively thinking military and foreign policy men around him, they could convince him that it’s vital to readjust their borders where they can while the US is distracted, instead of skipping out on the opportunity and keeping up appearances on the world stage. once the US’ hold over Europe wanes, it could very well start focusing on consolidating its power in the Americas again, and any leg up you can get on the colossus while it’s not looking your way could be the difference between survival or getting the Operation: Iraqi Freedom treatment.

[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

I kind of hate that the lengthy article is specifically about a five question referendum but for all the writing they did they didn't say what the questions are.

The first two basically ask whether Venezuelans support the country's claim over the Essequibo region based on the Venezuelan arguments - the alleged invalidity of the 1899 arbitral award and the validity of the 1966 Geneva Agreement. The third question asks voters if they agree with the Maduro government's refusal to accept that the ICJ has jurisdiction in the case. This is a controversial question, since many Venezuelan opposition leaders and observers say snubbing the ICJ undermines Venezuela's position. Question four asks if Venezuelans "agree to oppose by all means in accordance with the law" Guyana's "unilateral" use of the sea waters off Essequibo - a reference to Guyana issuing oil licencing for this offshore area. People walk by a mural campaigning for a referendum to ask Venezuelans to consider annexing the Guyana-administered region of Essequibo, in 23 de Enero neighbourhood in Caracas on November 28, 2023. Critics have questioned the use of "by all means" in this question, wondering if this could include military force. The fifth question asks for approval for "the creation of the Guayana Esequiba state" and its "incorporation into the map of Venezuelan territory", language particularly objected to by Guyana which says this amounts to the effective "annexation" of territory it currently administers

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago