Culmina el año 2023 con dos eventos electorales de diferente signo y contenido: una elección primaria realizada por los sectores de la oposición para escoger su candidato a las elecciones presidenciales de 2024, y un referendo consultivo, convocado por el Gobierno venezolano sobre la controversia con Guyana por la soberanía en el Esequibo. Las elecciones primarias de la oposición deben entenderse –a pesar de la respuesta judicial del Gobierno–, como un acto de ejercicio de ciudadanía, propio de cualquier sistema político que se precie de ser democrático; pero en relación con la delicada situación del reclamo histórico de Venezuela sobre el territorio Esequibo, se requiere de una lectura con visión de Estado que trascienda la coyuntura política actual. Se trata de una controversia territorial, tal como quedó establecido en el Acuerdo de Ginebra firmado por Venezuela y la Corona Británica de 1966, innegable logro diplomático de los gobiernos de los presidentes Rómulo Betancourt y Raúl Leoni, ya que en este documento la Gran Bretaña reconoce la irregularidad del Laudo Arbitral de 1899 y abre las puertas a una solución de arbitraje internacional y diplomático a un problema territorial que ya llega a los 180 años deexistencia.
The year 2023 culminates with two electoral events of different sign and content: a primary election held by the opposition sectors to and content: a primary election held by the opposition sectors to choose their candidate for the 2024 presidential to choose their candidate for the 2024 presidential elections, and a consultative referendum, called by the Venezuelan consultative referendum, called by the Venezuelan government on the controversy with Guyana over sovereignty in the over sovereignty in the Essequibo. The opposition primary elections should be understood -despite the judicial response of the Government, as an act of exercise of citizenship, proper of any exercise of citizenship, proper of any political system that prides itself on being democratic; but in relation to that of the opposition, the primary democratic political system; but in relation to the delicate situation of Venezuela's historical claim to the historical claim over the Essequibo territory, it is necessary to have a reading with a State vision that transcends the current State that transcends the current political conjuncture. It is a territorial dispute, as established in the Geneva Agreement signed by Venezuela and the British Crown in 1966, an undeniable diplomatic achievement of the governments of Presidents Rómulo Betancourt and Raúl Leoni, since in this document Great Britain recognizes the irregularity of the Arbitral Award of 1899 and opens the doors to an international and diplomatic arbitration solution to a territorial problem. international and diplomatic arbitration solution to a territorial problem that is now 180 years old.
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