Venezuela gained an advantage at Guyana’s expense – WPA says on Argyle Declaration

Caricom leaders meeting in St Vincent on Thursday on the Guyana/Venezuela crisis (Office of the President photo)

`WPA strongly feels that CARICOM’s leadership has sacrificed Guyana’s territorial interests for its own narrow political and economic interests’

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has expressed its discomfiture with the recent St Vincent Summit between Presidents Irfaan Ali and Nicolas Maduro and is of the opinion that Venezuela gained an advantage at Guyana’s expense.

It also feels let down by the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) self-interests.

This was stated by the WPA in a release on Friday which also stated that the party was skeptical of the objectives of the meeting. “While we believe that bilateral dialogue between Guyana and Venezuela should not be taken off the table, we do not think it should have been a first resort.”