Citing a Venezuelan military buildup along several parts of the frontier with this country, US think tank, CSIS, has posited that Caracas is engaged in a carrot and stick strategy to extract concessions from Guyana even though Georgetown is adamantly pursuing a resolution of the longstanding border controversy before the World Court.
In a February 9th analysis, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published satellite images of a military buildup on the Venezuelan side of the border which it said strongly supported its hypothesis of `compellence’ where Caracas was seeking to wrest concessions from Guyana such as possible joint exploration of natural resources.