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Essequibo Territory Timeline
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Essequibo Territory Timeline
1508
1791
1802
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territories taken by force from
Spain, but making the exception
1791 of the Island of Trinidad, which
England takes over.
1802
CENTURY XIX
TREATY OF LONDON
1803
XIX CENTURY It is the end of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe. Holland
finds itself a protectorate of England and is forced to
cede 20,000 square miles of its possessions east of the
Essequibo River. This territorial extension understands
Demerara, Berbice and Essequibo
REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA
With the triumph of the Battle
of Boyacá, on August 7, New
Granada, liberated by Simón
Bolívar, was incorporated
into the newly created
1821 “Republic of Colombia”,
decreed on December 17 at
the Congress of Angostura.
1824
MAP OF
XIXNEW
CENTURY
VENEZUELA
GRANADA AND
QUITO 1819
1821
1823
1824
XIX CENTURY
BOUNDARIES BETWEEN COLOMBA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
Minister Francisco Antonio Zea, in a note addressed to the Prime Minister of Great Britain, defines the eastern
limits of Greater Colombia: “It ends at the Essequibo, the left bank of this river being the border with Dutch
Guiana.” The new Republic is forced to protest the continuous invasions of English settlers into Venezuelan
territory.
XIX CENTURY
MONROE DOCTRINE: AMERICA FOR AMERICANS.
VENEZUELA
On July 24, with the victory of the
patriots in the Battle of Lake Maracaibo, the war ends.
XIX CENTURY The Empire of Great Britain recognized the independence
of Gran Colombia and Guayana Esequiba as an integral
NAVAL BATTLE OF THE LAKE
part of the new Republic.
1821
1823
1824
1831
1834
1834
E VENEZUELA
XIX CENTURY
SCHOMBURGK LINE
1825
1830
1831
1834
The Council of the Royal Geographical Society of London commissioned the Prussian naturalist
Robert Schomburgk for that
recognize and deepen knowledgeabout the
British Guiana, by exploring its interior, without the English Crown officially intervening in the
mission.
XIX CENTURY
SCHOMBURGK MAP
1835 Schomburgk produced the first map Referential lines, territorial
controversy over Guayana
of British Guiana, in which he RE TRINITY Esequiba
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1840
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1845
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1849
• 1852 DELIMITATION BETWEEN
XIX CENTURY VENEZUELA AND BRAZIL
GOLD RUSHSigns
IN VENEZUELA
1859 Venezuela the Treaty to Delimit the Border with
1852 Brazil.
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1886
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Venezuelan Yuruari River aroused the greed of
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west of the Essequibo River. The English
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1887 government did not support these gold seekers;
Venezuela protested and repelled the incursions of
gold seekers.
THE DISCOVERY OF IMPORTANT GOLD DEPOSITS
IN THE ESEQUIBO
They motivated the British government to publish a new
official map in which the Schomburgk Line was
indicated, but drawn even further west to add more
territory to British Guiana and incorporate the gold
deposits that belonged to Venezuela. The new map
included Punta Barima and all the territory usurped by
the English, also threatening to extend their aspirations
to Upata and the mouth of the Orinoco .
IT'S FROM
VENEZUELA
XIX CENTURY
IMPERIAL EXPANSION
1852
The Ministry of the Colonies advised the Foreign Office
to extend the line to “ a maximum British aspiration”
that amounted to 203,810 square kilometers west of the
Essequibo, which included Venezuelan towns as old as
1859
Guasipati, founded in the 18th century, and reached
close to of the towns of Upata and Tumeremo.
1886
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VENEZUELA
XIX CENTURY
INVOLVEMENT OF THE
NORTH AMERICAN EMPIRE
1896
1897
MONROE
DOITRINE
HANDS
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VENEZUELA
XIX CENTURY
1897
1899 England.
1900
SIGN THE ARBITRATION TREATY
On February 2, Under pressure from the United States and Great Britain, Venezuela is forced to accept arbitration
under disadvantageous conditions. No Venezuelan was part of the Arbitration Commission. Venezuela was
represented by two Americans; two Englishmen represented the British side, and a fifth Russian arbitrator, a personal
friend of the queen of
XIX
XIX CENTURY
CENTURY
PARIS ARBITRATION AWARD
1896
1897
1897
1899
1948
1949
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SIGNS THE WASHINGTON ARBITRATION TREATY
The Venezuelan Government, even though it was aware
1903 that the Essequibo territory that belonged to it had been
taken away, nevertheless praised the participation of
Severo Mallet-Prevost in the Paris Arbitration Award of
1899.
1944
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VENEZUELA
1948
1949
SEVERO MALLET DIES
1903 PREVOST
On December 10, Severo Mallet-Prevost, who was one of
the lawyers who defended Venezuela in the arbitration
trial, died in New York.
1944
1948
1949
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X CENTURY
PARIS ARBITRAL AWARD FRAUD
1903
1944
The memorandum by Severo Mallet-Prevost is
published in the American Journal of International Law :
1948 “While it is true that in the decision the Court gave
Venezuela the most important sector in dispute from a
strategic point of view, such as the mouth of the
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Orinoco, was unfair to Venezuela and deprived it of a
very extensive and important territory, over which Great
Britain did not have, in my opinion, the slightest
shadow of right."
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ARBITRATION IS NULL AND VOID
1962 On November 12 of that year, through the Chancellor of
Venezuela, Dr. Marcos Falcón Briceño, he denounced the
Award of October 3, 1899 before the XVIII Assembly of the
United Nations, declaring it null and void.
1966
1967
1970
1967
1970
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VENEZUELA
DIVIDING LINE
On July 9, President Ra Decree
1,152, whose article 1 t straight base úl Leoni signs the race
in the co sector included between “the line of tas of
the Essequibo line and Punta Venezuela ivisoria del
Araguapiche Federal Delta Amacuro. Río in the Territory
This straight baseline line of the
interiors on the Atlantic façade is imitates the Venezuelan
intended to protect sovereignty waters with the
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PORT OF SPAIN PROTOCOL
During the first government of Rafael Caldera, this
1962 protocol was signed, it was a political decision, since
Venezuela was threatened both from the west by the
Republic of Colombia, and from the east by the
Cooperative Republic of Guyana, so it was decided to
1966 freeze the negotiations. with Guyana for 12 years, to
stabilize border policy. During that period Venezuela did
not make any progress in recovering the disputed
1967 territory.
1970
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VENEZUELA
END OF THE PORT OF SPAIN PROTOCOL
1981
Venezuela denounces the Port of Spain Protocol, officially
informing Guyana of its willingness not to renew it, it was
1982 a decision of President Luis Herrera Campins.
1987
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VENEZUELA
ARTICLE 33 OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED
NATIONS
1981 OPTIONS FOR « you NEGOTIATE
Since June 18, the application of the procedure established
in Article 4 of the Geneva Agreement comes into force,
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which led to the implementation ofÉithe zg means
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of dispute
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VENEZUELA
“GOOD OFFICES” METHOD
1981
Guyana and Venezuela decide to accept the “Good
Offices” method that has been operating since 1989 in
the person of a good officiant chosen and accepted by
1982 the parties.
1987
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VENEZUELA
TWENTIETH VENEZUELA DENOUNCES THE CONCESSIONS
CENTURY Guyana, unilaterally and without consultation, grants
concession blocks for oil exploration and exploitation in
Atlantic waters, off the coast of the territory in claim.
1996
1998 ExonMobil
1999
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VENEZUELA
Ø7Ø AZIMUT LINE
1993 The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry issues the MRE letter
Ø1134. This establishes an azimuth line of Ø7Ø starting
from the beach point, which does not represent any type of
1998
1999
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VENEZUELA
GUYANA GRANTS
1993 OFFSHORE CONCESSIONS
March 30th. Official visit to Guyana of a Venezuelan
commission, made up of 15 members, with
1996 representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
National Congress and businessmen, and chaired by
Foreign Minister José Vicente Rangel.
June 14th. Guyana grants offshore concessions for the
1998
exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons to the
companies CGX ENERGY, EXXON, SHELL and
ANADARKO. On July 13, the Government of Venezuela
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XXI CENTURY
ROCKET LAUNCH BASE IN THE ESEQUIBO
Yo March, 19. The President of the Bolivarian Republic of
2000 Venezuela,
opposition
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, expressed “The
of the government of Venezuela to the
installation of a rocket launch platform in the Essequibo
Territory”,
2001 April 1st . The President of Venezuela ratifies his
willingness to continue the dispute under the aegis of the
United Nations, within the context of Good Offices.
October 23. The president of the company Beal
2004 Aerospace Technologies Inc. reported the decision to
cease commercial operations with Guyana due to the
installation of a rocket launch base in the Reclamation
Zone.
2005
2001
2001
2004
2013
2014
by the UN.
2013 ion
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VENEZUELA
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2016
2017
2018
XXI CENTURY
INTEGRAL DEFENSE OPERATIONAL AREA
MARITIME
2015
AND
INSULAR
2016 The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, decrees the
creation of the Comprehensive Maritime and Island Defense
Operational Zone (ZODIMAIN) to protect the country's
2017 sovereignty in Essequibo.
2018
2016
2018 countries.
June 18. The ICJ announces that it will declare itself
competent to hear the claim presented by Guyana.
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