Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez reaffirms Venezuela's historic claim over the Essequibo territory, presenting new evidence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) while firmly rejecting its jurisdiction in the dispute. She emphasizes that the 1966 Geneva Agreement remains the only valid legal framework for resolving the territorial controversy through peaceful negotiations between Venezuela and Guyana, condemning what she calls a colonial-era fraud perpetuated by foreign powers. Rodríguez denounces Guyana's 2018 ICJ lawsuit as illegitimate, vowing Venezuela will never recognize any ruling on the matter, and warns against military threats or foreign interference, asserting that the sun of Venezuela rises in Essequibo as a symbol of national sovereignty.
00:00to take a territory of Venezuela's territory but also it's clearly evidence how the Geneva
00:14agreement between the British Empire and the Venezuelan Republic in 1966 and what
00:23later was the Corporate Republic of Guyana is the only legal document that exists to govern and solve
00:32this territorial controversy to try to make an action before the International Court of Justice
00:40as Guyana did in 2018 has no purpose at all and it pretends to cross the red line of international
00:48legality evade its obligations and responsibilities which are which are in the Geneva agreement which
00:56they are they must comply with and cannot evade them so I want to read in the name of President
01:05Nicolas Maduro a statement that makes it clear the official position of Venezuela in this subject
01:11Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela misery of the people's power for the relations the
01:23Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in force the delivery at the International Court of Justice
01:29today of a new document that broadens with additional proofs the historical truth and
01:37the official position in relation with its sovereign rights over Guayana Ezequiva Venezuela has proven
01:46once more the solid reasons to its irrevocable historical position of not submitting to third parties
01:57including the International Court of Justice the issues related with interest
02:04its independence and territorial sovereignty it's been ratified this document the mandate of the
02:17Venezuelan people coming from their December 3rd referendum of 2020 free of not recognizing the
02:25International Court of Justice nor any other judicial organization to resolve this territorial controversy
02:32therefore we do not acknowledge under any concept that should be the fraudulent judicial process created by
02:43Guayana I will not adhere to any sentence that is ruled for this reason the presentation of this document not imply Venezuela's
02:56consent consent consent or recognition by the court's jurisdiction on the territorial controversy of Guayana Ezequiva nor the decision that it might take on this matter in the
03:09in the document in the presented document is put is evident without any doubt
03:16is put is evident without any doubt
03:22the collaboration between the British Empire and the United States to disregard the historical links of Venezuela and to prevent them from recovering this territory that belongs to Venezuela and to prevent them from recovering this territory that belongs to Venezuela
03:38that belongs to Venezuela from its birthday
03:44likewise
03:46is clearly evidence in this document that the Geneva agreement of 1966 is the only legal document that compels Venezuela and Guayana to resolve the territorial controversy through a pragmatic, satisfactory and acceptable
04:06deal for both parties
04:10the Geneva agreement
04:12the Geneva agreement
04:14put into the ground forever
04:16the dispute over the Arbitrary War of 1899
04:20turning an unfair and illegitimate relation
04:26from communism
04:28in one that adheres to the international law
04:32anti-colonialist international law
04:34in this framework
04:36as part of the process of decolonization
04:38decolonization
04:40that the Geneva agreement came to be
04:42it's also very clear the recognition that this agreement makes
04:48on this territorial controversy without any solution so far
04:52that can only be made
04:54through peaceful negotiations and acceptable results
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