The outstanding border disputes in South America. The affair of the Esequibo

Among the outstanding border disputes in South America we analyze the Essequibo, currently pending between Venezuela and Guyana, because the variety of interesting edges it has for the internationalists. This affair was inherited first by Venezuela and more recently by Guyana, after their respective...

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Autor principal: Salas, Gabriela R.
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Derecho 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/refade/article/view/6280
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Sumario:Among the outstanding border disputes in South America we analyze the Essequibo, currently pending between Venezuela and Guyana, because the variety of interesting edges it has for the internationalists. This affair was inherited first by Venezuela and more recently by Guyana, after their respective independences, with episodes of intervention of third states as was practice in our continent. The treatment of this topic permits us to analyze basic concepts like territory, delimitation, demarcation, succession of states, among others. This is ultimately the acquisition of sovereign rights over territories in South America, originating in the Spanish colonial system and its dispute with Britain.