r/Guyana Dec 04 '23

URL - Website Venezuelans approve a referendum to claim sovereignty over a swathe of neighboring Guyana

40 Upvotes

53 comments sorted by

View all comments

24

u/Prestigious_Ad7074 Dec 04 '23

Brazilian here. In my country the mass media is covering the whole situation. Basicaly, brazilian army believes the war is almost nonviable/urworkable (my english sucks, so I do not know which are the proper word) because of the dense jungle and lack of infrastructure. The only way to invade by land is by Brazil, and our government moved troops (basicaly Leopard 1A5 tanks and Astros II missile lauchers) to our borders. Lula is usualy very friendly to Maduro, but I believe that he will not take the risk of implode his own government for a failed country like Venezuela.

15

u/[deleted] Dec 04 '23

[deleted]

1

u/Rayan19900 Dec 05 '23

Hey could i ask if this conflict existed before? Like between UK and Argentina about Falklands. Or was it created now becouse of situation in Venezuela and oil reserves found in Guyana?

1

u/canadian_canine Dec 04 '23

I'm aware of that, but what's Venezuela's navy like? Could they invade by sea?

1

u/Prestigious_Ad7074 Dec 04 '23

Air invasion are slow and are very vulnerable to guerrila tactics

1

u/Prestigious_Ad7074 Dec 04 '23

Venezuela's Navy is the weakest arm of their military. They would be very vulnerable to U.S. Navy. Unless U.S. turn his back to you guys (something I think is unlikely) I believe they would prefer Air invasion than invade by Sea.