Reading the Guyana dailies one is prompted to ask the query as to whom does Guyana belong? Why is Venezuela making these unilateral proposals? First, I was informed that Venezuela proposes to build a road through Guyana to Suriname. Then a few weeks later I am told that Venezuela proposes to build a pipeline through Guyana to Suriname. At no time did these two articles mention that Guyana is agreeable to either of these two ventures traversing its territory. It seems to me that the intent of both proposals is exactly the same. First, if we can’t get a road built then let us propose a pipeline, with the caveat of giving some gas to the unsuspecting host. The question is, at what juncture would Guyana be allowed to reject or accept this devious proposition? Would it not result in the same objective being achieved by Venezuela? Would it not require an access road running parallel to this pipeline? If Guyana is reluctant to give access to a road, then is it not possible for Venezuela to achieve their objective by building a pipeline? A pipeline that requires an access road to maintain this gift of a pipeline? Then Venezuela would have captured two birds with one trap. To repeat myself, Guyana must never allow a pipeline or road to be built by Venezuela, when Venezuela is desirous of dividing Guyana along some contrived line that they have demarcated?
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