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The Take: Venezuela voted to take over part of Guyana. Could it happen?

Tension is growing as Venezuela prepares to claim Guyana’s Essequibo region as its own.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro addresses the media after voting in an electoral referendum over Venezuela's rights to the potentially oil-rich region of Esequiba, which has long been the subject of a border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 3, 2023 — Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro addresses the media after voting in an electoral referendum over Venezuela's rights to the potentially oil-rich region of Esequiba, which has long been the subject of a border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 3, 2023 [Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters]

Venezuela’s referendum to annex oil-rich territory in Guyana has created tension in Latin America not seen this century. But does the referendum really signal possible annexation? Or is it political posturing by Nicolas Maduro, the country’s president, in advance of elections next year?

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Alessandro Rampietti (@rampietti), Al Jazeera reporter
Orin Gordon (@oringordon), Analyst

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Source: Al Jazeera