copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-04-06): Ankoko Island (Spanish: Isla de Anacoco) is an island located at the confluence of the Cuyuni River and Wenamu River, at 6°43′N 61°8′W / 6.717°N 61.133°W, on the border between Venezuela and Guyana. The Ankoko Island border was finalized in 1905 by the British-Venezuelan Mixed Boundry Commission, in accordance with the Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899. Venezuelan commissioners Abraham Tirado and Elias Toro surveyed the area of the boundary for demarcation and, along with two British surveyors, all participants agreed and signed off on the border in 1905. Domestically, Venezuelans were vocal in their disappointment with the 1899 ruling. In the 20th century, the government of Venezuela officially sought to abrogate the legal borders and revert to the colonial boundary of the Essequibo river as set by the Spanish Empire. In 1966, five months after Guyana gained independence, the Venezuelan armed forces crossed the boundary on Ankoko Island and has occupied the Guyanese side of the island ever since, in violation of the peace treaty set forth by the Geneva Agreement. The status of the island is subject to the Geneva Agreement, which was signed by the United Kingdom, Venezuela and British Guiana on 17 February 1966. This treaty stipulates that the parties will agree to find a practical, peaceful and satisfactory solution to the border dispute.[1] Venezuela, which claims Ankoko Island as its own in the Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute, established a military base on the island in 1966, which Guyana claims as an intrusion and aggression on its sovereign territory.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (1999-02-22): Ankoko Island (Spanish: Isla de Anacoco) is an island located at the confluence of the Cuyuni River and Wenamu River, at 6°43′N 61°8′W / 6.717°N 61.133°W, on the border between Venezuela and the disputed area of Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela, which claims Guayana Esequiba as part of its territory, established a military base on the island in 1966, which Guyana claims as intrusion and aggression on a territory whose sovereignty was never under discussion.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2009-01-01): Ankoko Island (Isla de Anacoco in Venezuela) is located at the confluence of the Cuyuni River and Wenamu River, at , on the border between Guyana and Venezuela. Venezuela, which claims a large part of western Guyana, occupied and annexed the Guyanese half of the island in 1966. [...] This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Ankoko Island
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2018-04-05): Guyana has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule that Venezuela must withdraw from Ankoko Island and stop harassing investors onshore and offshore the Essequibo Region, that United Nations (UN) court said in statement. [...] "Venezuela shall immediately withdraw from and cease its occupation of the eastern half of the Island of Ankoko, and each and every other territory which is recognized as Guyana’s sovereign territory in accordance with the 1899 Award and 1905 Agreement," the ICJ said in the news release on Guyana’s application that was filed with that court on March 29. Venezuelan soldiers have been occupying the eastern half of Ankoko, a three-square-mile island at the junction of the Cuyuni and the Wenamu rivers, since 1966.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-12-18): Ankoko Island (Spanish; Castilian: Isla de Anacoco) is an island located at the confluence of the Cuyuni River and Wenamu River, at, on the border between Venezuela and Guyana. The Ankoko Island border was finalized in 1905 by the British-Venezuelan Mixed Boundry Commission, in accordance with the Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899. Venezuelan commissioners Abraham Tirado and Elias Toro surveyed the area of the boundary for demarcation and, along with two British surveyors, all participants agreed and signed off on the border in 1905. Domestically, Venezuelans were vocal in their disappointment with the 1899 ruling. In the 20th century, the government of Venezuela officially sought to abrogate the legal borders and revert to the colonial boundary of the Essequibo river as set by the Spanish Empire. In 1966, five months after Guyana gained independence, the Venezuelan armed forces crossed the boundary on Ankoko Island and has occupied the Guyanese side of the island ever since, in violation of the peace treaty set forth by the Geneva Agreement. The status of the island is subject to the Geneva Agreement, which was signed by the United Kingdom, Venezuela and British Guiana on 17 February 1966. This treaty stipulates that the parties will agree to find a practical, peaceful and satisfactory solution to the border dispute.[1] Venezuela, which claims Ankoko Island as its own in the Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute, established a military base on the island in 1966, which Guyana claims as an intrusion and aggression on its sovereign territory.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-12-03): Español: Isla de Anacoco administrada por Venezuela como parte de la Parroquia Dalla Acosta, Municipio Sifontes, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela, una parte de la isla es reclamada por Guyana con el nombre de Ankoko English: Anacoco Island administered by Venezuela as part of the Dalla Acosta Parish, Sifontes Municipality, Bolivar State, Venezuela, a part of the island is claimed by Guyana as Ankoko [...] Ankoko-Island-1905.jpg 676 × 489; 121 KB -
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2015-12-02): Ankoko Island (Isla de Anacoco in Venezuela) is located at the confluence of the Cuyuni River and Wenamu River, at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., on the border between Venezuela and the disputed area of Guayana Esequiba. [...] Matters remained at a stalemate for the rest of the year with Venezuela determined not to withdraw from the islands. By the beginning of 1967, Venezuela upgraded its Consulate General to that of an Embassy and appointed Walter Brandt as its first Ambassador to Guyana. On the 26 April 1967, the Guyanese evening newspaper, Evening Post, featured on its front page an article based on an interview with the Ambassador. According to the paper, Brandt insisted that the entire island of Ankoko was Venezuelan territory, none of which would be yielded to Guyana. The island was one of Venezuela's border outposts, he stated. He explained that when the Guyana Government objected to Venezuela's occupying the eastern section of the island, the impression was gained that the Venezuelans had just invaded that area. He claimed that Venezuelans had long been living all over the island which became known as "Anakoko" because a Venezuelan woman named Ana used to sell coconuts on the island.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-02-12): The government of Venezuela accused neighboring Guyana Sunday of granting illegal oil exploration concessions in territory the two nations are disputing. Venezuela said it would reserve the right to take any diplomatic actions necessary. [...] The latest developments came hours after satellite images posted by the US Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) showed Venezuela is extending its base on Ankoko Island, half of which Venezuela seized from Guyana in the mid-1960s, and nearby Punta Barima, less than 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the Guyana border. [...] Guyanese President Irfaan Ali is expected to meet his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro in March for a second summit on the border issue.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-12-18): Die Isla de Anacoco (spanisch) oder Ankoko Island (englisch) ist eine Flussinsel am Zusammenfluss von Río Cuyuní und Río Venamo. Die Insel ist durch die von Venezuela nicht anerkannte Grenzziehung auf die Staaten Venezuela und Guyana aufgeteilt. De facto steht die gesamte Insel als Teil des Bundesstaats Bolívar unter venezolanischer Verwaltung. [...] Auf der Insel siedelt keine Zivilbevölkerung, indes ist die Isla de Anacoco Sitz einer venezolanischen Militärbasis. [...] Einzelnachweise [Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- ↑ Guyana-Venezuela Dispute, country-data.com (englisch), abgerufen am 22. Februar 2014 - ↑ Frontiers: The curse of Ankoko, stabroeknews.com (englisch) vom 31. August 2010, abgerufen am 22. Februar 2014
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-08-27): La isla de Anacoco[1][2] (en inglés Ankoko Island)[3][4] es una isla fluvial de 8 km² administrada por Venezuela como parte del territorio de la Parroquia Dalla Costa en el Municipio Sifontes del Estado Bolívar —en la que se encuentra el asentamiento militar "Base de Seguridad Territorial Isla de Anacoco"—, pero cuya mitad oriental es reclamada por Guyana.[5] Está situada al norte de la confluencia del río Cuyuní y del río Venamo, cerca de la población de San Martín de Turumbán en 6°46′36″N 61°8′34″O / 6.77667, -61.14278, al límite del territorio de la Guayana Esequiba reclamado por Venezuela según el uti possidetis iure.[6] La isla fue dividida entre los dos países y se acordó en 1905 según el Laudo Arbitral de París. La ocupación de la parte oriental de la isla Anacoco por parte del ejército venezolano se considera una violación del Acuerdo de Ginebra que busca una solución pacífica a la disputa territorial. Venezuela ahora cuestiona la validez del arbitraje y ha renovado su reclamo sobre la isla Anacoco y la Guayana Esequiba.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2015-10-25): Oct 25, 2015 APNU Column, Features / Columnists "The Venezuelan National Armed Forces seized the 7-km² Ankoko Island in the Cuyuni River in October 1966, Guyana’s independence year, and has remained in illegal occupation ever since. The island is used as a military garrison to harass miners and to engage in occasional acts of provocation against the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) border detachment at Eteringbang on the opposite bank of the river."- President David Granger, October 22, 2015. Before President David Granger in his address to Parliament on October 2, 2015, mentioned the seizure of Ankoko Island by Venezuela in October 1966, many Guyanese were unaware that for 49 years Venezuela has illegally occupied Guyana’s territory. The eastern half of Ankoko Island, situated at the confluence of the Cuyuni and Wenamu Rivers, which forms part of the boundary between Guyana and Venezuela, was taken over by the Venezuelan Army in 1966. The Venezuelans constructed a military base an airstrip and a Post Office and brought in civilian settlers. [...] Ever since the completion of the work of the Boundary Commission, the eastern part of Ankoko was recognised as juridically and administratively part of Guyana and totally within its boundaries. The Venezuelan Government had never before challenged the validity oraccuracy of the map produced by the Boundary Commissioners and had at no time asserted sovereignty over the entire island of Ankoko.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2016-01-08): Ankoko Island (Spanish: Isla de Anacoco) is an island located at the confluence of the Cuyuni River and Wenamu River, at 6°43′N 61°8′W, on the border between Venezuela and Guyana. The status of the island is subject to the Geneva Agreement, which was signed by the United Kingdom, Venezuela and British Guiana on 17 February 1966. This treaty stipulates that the parties will agree to find a practical, peaceful and satisfactory solution to the border dispute.[1] Venezuela, which claims Ankoko Island as its own in the Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute, established a military base on the island in 1966, which Guyana claims as an intrusion and aggression on its sovereign territory. [...] Subsequently, on the morning of the 14 October 1966, Forbes Burnham, as Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs of Guyana, dispatched a protest to the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Ignacio Iribarren Borges , demanding the immediate withdrawal of Venezuelan troops and the removal of installations they had established.[6] Venezuelan minister Ignacio Iribarren Borges replied stating "the Government of Venezuela rejects the aforementioned protest, because Anacoco Island is Venezuelan territory in its entirety and the Republic of Venezuela has always been in possession of it".[6] The island remains under Venezuelan administration, where a Venezuelan airport and a military base operate.[6]
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-04-05): Ankoko Island ( Spanish : Isla de Anacoco) is an island located at the confluence of the Cuyuni River and Wenamu River, at 6°43′N61°8′W / 6.717°N 61.133°W , on the border between Venezuela and Guyana. The Ankoko Island border was finalized in 1905 by the British-Venezuelan Mixed Boundry Commission, in accordance with the Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899. Venezuelan commissioners Abraham Tirado and Elias Toro surveyed the area of the boundary for demarcation and, along with two British surveyors, all participants agreed and signed off on the border in 1905. Domestically, Venezuelans were vocal in their disappointment with the 1899 ruling. In the 20th century, the government of Venezuela officially sought to abrogate the legal borders and revert to the colonial boundary of the Essequibo river as set by the Spanish Empire. In 1966, five months after Guyana gained independence, the Venezuelan armed forces crossed the boundary on Ankoko Island and has occupied the Guyanese side of the island ever since, in violation of the peace treaty set forth by the Geneva Agreement. The status of the island is subject to the Geneva Agreement, which was signed by the United Kingdom, Venezuela and British Guiana on 17 February 1966. This treaty stipulates that the parties will agree to find a practical, peaceful and satisfactory solution to the border dispute. [1] Venezuela, which claims Ankoko Island as part of Guayana Esequiba, established a military base on the island in 1966, which Guyana claims as an intrusion and aggression on its sovereign territory.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-01): The Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region, also known as Esequibo or Guayana Esequiba in Spanish (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwaˈʝana eseˈkiβa]), a 159,500 km2 (61,600 sq mi) area west of the Essequibo River. The territory, excluding the Venezuelan-controlled Ankoko Island, is controlled by Guyana as part of six of its regions, based on the 1899 Paris Arbitral Award. It is also claimed by Venezuela as the Guayana Esequiba State. The boundary dispute was inherited from the colonial powers (Spain in the case of Venezuela, and the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in the case of Guyana) and has persisted following the independence of Venezuela and Guyana. [...] Five months after Guyana's independence, Venezuelan troops began their occupation of Ankoko island and surrounding islands in October 1966 with Venezuelan troops quickly constructing military installations and an airstrip. Subsequently, on the morning of the 14 October 1966, Forbes Burnham, as Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs of Guyana, dispatched a protest to the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Ignacio Iribarren Borges , demanding the immediate withdrawal of Venezuelan troops and the removal of installations they had established. Venezuelan minister Ignacio Iribarren Borges replied stating "the Government of Venezuela rejects the aforementioned protest, because Anacoco Island is Venezuelan territory in its entirety and the Republic of Venezuela has always been in possession of it". The island remained under Venezuelan administration, where a Venezuelan airport and a military base operated.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2009-02-15): Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary General, famously remarked a decade ago "You can do a lot with diplomacy but, of course, you can do a lot more with diplomacy backed up by fairness and force." This aphorism became an axiom in Guyana’s relations with its neighbours 40 years ago. In each of the first five years of statehood, Guyana’s territorial integrity was severely tested. The seizure of Ankoko Island in the Cuyuni River in 1966; the intrusion at Oronoque in the New River in 1967; the publication of Venezuela’s ‘Leoni’ decree purporting to annex part of the Essequibo in 1968; the rebellion in the Rupununi and the incursion in the New River in 1969; and the confrontation at Eteringbang on the Cuyuni River in 1970 were all approached with diplomacy backed up by a credible and capable defence force. [...] As Venezuela revived its claims to the Essequibo on the approach of Guyana’s independence, The Netherlands took the opportunity to press the claim that the New River (which it now began to refer to as the Upper Corentyne) was the boundary and all the land to the east of that river belonged to Suriname. When the British garrison departed Guyana in October 1966, Venezuela’s National Armed Forces seized the island of Ankoko in the Cuyuni River and Suriname, similarly, tried to seize the New River.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-11-13): Subsequent to the Arbitral Award of 1899 that fixed the border between Venezuela and Guyana, between 1900 and 1904 a joint survey team physically demarcated that border which was accepted by all parties concerned as attested by a map signed on January 7, 1905 by two commissioners each from the British and Venezuelan sides. At the confluence of the Wenamu and Cuyuni Rivers, the island of Ankoko had been divided into two with the eastern half belonging to Guyana and the western to Venezuela. The physical markers were made of bullet wood posts driven into the ground and buttressed by stones from the river. This border was respected until October 12th, 1966, a mere five months after we became independent, after Venezuelan troops moved across the border, occupied our half of the island, and constructed an airstrip.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2010-08-31): As soon as the last British troops left Guyana in October 1966 – Guyana’s independence year – the Venezuelan National Armed Forces seized the 7-km² Ankoko Island in the Cuyuni River. It has remained in illegal occupation ever since. The island is used as a military garrison to harass Guyanese miners and to engage in occasional acts of provocation against the Guyana Defence Force border detachment at Eteringbang on the opposite bank of the river. But the symbolism of the occupation of Ankoko has been a bone in the throat of Guyanese negotiators ever since and has intoxicated Venezuela’s diplomats with delusions of superiority. Venezuelan leaders seem to derive satisfaction from the simmering dispute and evince no interest in attempting a solution. In the hands of President Hugo Chávez Frías and his successive ministers of external relations, the territorial issue has become a useful instrument of ‘finlandisation.’ Through veiled threats and subtle pressures and small concessions about commodities, Venezuela has sought to establish itself as the arbiter of Guyana’s development of the entire Essequibo that it still refers to as its zona en reclamación. Weak Guyanese diplomats and ministers seem to satisfied with their impotence.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-08-09): Ankoko Island (Spanish: Isla de Anacoco) is an island located at the confluence of the Cuyuni River and Wenamu River, at 6°43′N 61°8′W / 6.717°N 61.133°W, on the border between Venezuela and the disputed area of Guayana Esequiba. [...] Five months after Guyana's independence from the United Kingdom, Venezuelan troops began their occupation of Ankoko Island in October 1966. Venezuelan troops quickly constructed military installations and an airstrip. Subsequently, on the morning of the 14 October 1966, Forbes Burnham, as Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs of Guyana, dispatched a protest to the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Ignacio Iribarren Borges , demanding the immediate withdrawal of Venezuelan troops and the removal of installations they had established. Venezuelan minister Ignacio Iribarren Borges replied stating "the Government of Venezuela rejects the aforementioned protest, because Anacoco Island is Venezuelan territory in its entirety and the Republic of Venezuela has always been in possession of it". The island remains under Venezuelan administration, where a Venezuelan airport and a military base operate.Recent history
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2015-06-12): The Venezuelan Foreign Minister replied on the 18 October to the Guyana protest. In a note to the Minister of External Affairs, (Burnham), Iribarren Borges stated that "that the Venezuelan Government does not accept the said protest, as the island of Ankoko is Venezuelan territory in its entirety and the Republic of Venezuela has always been in possession of it." He added that if Guyana "should have any reclamation to formulate", it should do so through the Mixed Commission created by the Geneva Agreement. [...] Matters remained at a stalemate for the rest of the year with Venezuela determined not to withdraw from Guyanese territory. By the beginning of 1967, Venezuela upgraded its Consulate General to that of an Embassy and appointed Walter Brandt as its first Ambassador to Guyana. On the 26 April 1967, the Guyanese evening newspaper, Evening Post, featured on its front page an article based on an interview with the Ambassador. According to the paper, Brandt insisted that the entire island of Ankoko was Venezuelan territory, none of which would be yielded to Guyana. The island was one of Venezuela's border outposts, he stated. He explained that when the Guyana Government objected to Venezuela's occupying the eastern section of the island, the impression was gained that the Venezuelans had just invaded that area. He claimed that Venezuelans had long been living all over the island which became known as "Anakoko" because a Venezuelan woman named Ana used to sell coconuts on the island.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Guyana (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Ankoko Island (Isla de Anacoco in Venezuela) is located at the confluence of the Cuyuni River and Wenamu River, at (6°43′N61°8′W), on the border between Venezuela and the disputed area of Guayana Esequiba. [...] Leguan Island is a small island situated in the delta of the Essequibo River on the coast of Guyana, South America. [...] Annandale is a community in the Demerara-Mahaica region of Guyana, located on the Atlantic Ocean at (6°46′58.8″N58°1′58.8″W), near Buxton. Historically, Annandale was always an "Indian (or Indo-Guyanese)" village, but today it has sizeable populati…