Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodríguez rejected Trump's suggestion of making Venezuela the 51st U.S. state, asserting her nation's sovereignty and independence while defending territorial claims over Guyana's resource-rich Essequibo region at the International Court of Justice.
Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez defends her country's claim to the Essequibo region at The Hague.
Venezuela's acting President Rodríguez arrived in the Netherlands to defend her country's century-old claim to Essequibo, a mineral-rich region also claimed by Guyana, before the UN's International Court of Justice in a decades-long territorial dispute.
Venezuela's acting President Rodríguez rejected Trump's remarks about making Venezuela the 51st U.S. state, asserting her country's sovereignty while defending its claim to the oil-rich Essequibo region at the International Court of Justice.
Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez defended her nation's claim to Essequibo, a mineral-rich 62,000-square-mile territory disputed with Guyana for decades, before the U.N.'s highest court in The Hague on Monday.
Guyana argues at the International Court of Justice that Venezuela's historic claim threatens seventy percent of its territory over the resource-rich Essequibo region, challenging a disputed 1899 arbitration decision that established their border.
Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez rejected Trump's suggestion of making Venezuela the 51st U.S. state, asserting her nation's sovereignty and independence while defending territorial claims to Guyana's resource-rich Essequibo region at the International Court of Justice.
Venezuela's president Delcy Rodríguez arrives in the Netherlands for a territorial dispute with Guyana.