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US OIL giant ExxonMobil said on Sunday it was pushing for more offshore exploration rights in Guyana’s west — a region disputed by neighbouring Venezuela.
Spokeswoman Kimberly Brasington said the transnational corporation had asked environmental authorities in the former British colony to drill to up to 40 new wells as it develops the Liza Phase 2 offshore oil field. It already has 17 planned for the first phase.
Ms Brasington said the new project should kick in in 2022, two years after production is expected to start at the Liza 1 field.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
LEE BROWN highlights the latest attempts to undo progressive reforms instated during the presidency of Rafael Correa
