PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 26.May.2025, Words: 200) — Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro Moros said the Sunday 25 May 2025 election saw the selection of the first governor of (Guayana Esequiba) or Guyana Essequibo. This, he said, marked the birth of Venezuela’s “new sovereignty” over that territory.
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