tl;dr that region was venezuelan territory which england “lawfully” annexed as guinea territory when they were a british colony. since them it was always a objective to venezuelans to claim that territory back. is not a maduro’s thing or chavists thing, it is for the venezuelans, so much that even the right wing is on board.
the subject got brought up again after the discovery of natural resources and the exploration of it by us corps, so they ran a referendum to show that the venezuelan people considers that territory theirs, not to invade as hegemonic media is portraying.
tl;dr that region was venezuelan territory which england “lawfully” annexed as guinea territory when they were a british colony. since them it was always a objective to venezuelans to claim that territory back. is not a maduro’s thing or chavists thing, it is for the venezuelans, so much that even the right wing is on board.
the subject got brought up again after the discovery of natural resources and the exploration of it by us corps, so they ran a referendum to show that the venezuelan people considers that territory theirs, not to invade as hegemonic media is portraying.