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Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Venezuela (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. [...] For most of the last four decades, the government of Guyana has been silent on the matter of Ankoko Island. The Arbitral Award of 1899, which settled the boundary between Guyana and Venezuela, stated clearly that the boundary should run "along the midstream of the Acaribisi to the Cuyuni, and thence along the northern bank of the Cuyuni River westward to its junction with the Wenamu to its westernmost source. . . ." At the junction referred is the island of Ankoko with an area of roughly six square miles.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Venezuela (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 Venezuela (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 Venezuela (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-02-10): They condemned Venezuela for not abiding with the Argyle Agreement signed on the island of St. Vincent in December, in which the two countries agreed not to use force or to threaten each other. The talks were brokered by Brazil and Caribbean governments. [...] Guyana’s reaction to 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 Maduro for a second summit in March on the border issue.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Venezuela (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 Venezuela (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 Venezuela (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 Venezuela (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-08-09): Ankoko Island facts for kids 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. [...] 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 Venezuela (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-17): For decades, Venezuela has been making unsubstantiated claims to Guyana’s territory, despite the dispute being settled by the Arbitral Award of October 3, 1899. This award included setting a boundary on Ankoko Island, apportioning the island between Guyana and Venezuela which was affirmed in 1905. In 1966, five months after Guyana gained independence, Venezuelan armed forces crossed this boundary and began their illegal occupation of Ankoko Island, located at the confluence of the Cuyuni and Wenamu Rivers, on the border between Venezuela and Guyana. [...] Steps must be taken to counter Venezuela’s actions and threats. As a first step, Guyana should deploy a team of law enforcement and construction workers to establish a physical border with a demilitarized zone on Ankoko Island. This bold tactic may test Guyana’s relationships with its allies, but those allies must stand on the side of international law and long-established treaties.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Venezuela (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 Venezuela (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.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Venezuela (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2010-09-03): 1.La Isla de Anacoco en 1966, en un primer plano el caño "Brazo Negro" que se desprende del cauce principal del río Cuyuni, al centro las instalaciones de la G.N. y al fondo una línea que señala el río Cuyuní (cauce principal) que fluye al Este y que delinea la línea de facto, . Archivo de la Fundación de la Guayana Esequiba. texto corregido el 12-09-2010 2. La línea Esequiba o línea de facto 3. Ubicación des Isla de Anacoco [...] Venezuela’s illegal occupation of Ankoko Island has poisoned relations with Guyana for 44 years. [...] 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.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Venezuela (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-05-15): Last updated: May 15, 2024 at 18:47 pmOn the morning of Tuesday, 14th of May, 2024, this publication made a Facebook Post stating that the bridge linking the Venezuelan Bolivar State to the Ankoko Island*, which was constructed by the Venezuelan military, was washed away by a flash flood. The post read as follows: [...] The Venezuelan military constructed the bridge to link mainland Venezuela at Bolivar state with the once-disputed Ankoko Island which Venezuela now uses as a military base. The bridge was constructed during the dry season when the water in the Cuyuni River was very low. Dams were build into both sides of the river to support the steel structure. [...] *Ankoko Island is called "Isla de Anacoco" in Spanish.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Venezuela (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-09-20): Visto y leído el escrito de Guyana de los cinco puntos de su petitorio, la excolonia en su tercer requerimiento (c) solicita: "Venezuela shall immediately withdraw from and cease its occupation of the eastern half of the Island of Ankoko., and….". EN el párrafo 51, afirma sin aportar mayores pruebas en cuanto a fechas, lugar o personas que sirvieran de testigos que: " In October 1966, Venezuelan military forces seized the eastern half of Ankoko Island in the Cuyuni River, which is on the Guyana side of the boundary established by the 1899 Award; para finalmente en el punto IV (C) Decision Requested de su demanda solicita que: Venezuela shall immediately withdraw from and cease its occupation of the eastern half of the Island of Ankoko in accordance with the 1899 Award.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Venezuela (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-01-20): Annexation of Ankoko Island Five months after Guyana's independence from the United Kingdom, Venezuelan troops began their occupation of Ankoko island and surrounding islands in October 1966. Venezuelan troops quickly constructed military installations and an airstrip.[38] 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, es (Ignacio Iribarren Borges), demanding the immediate withdrawal of Venezuelan troops and the removal of installations they had established.[39] 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".[39] The island remained under Venezuelan administration, where a Venezuelan airport and a military base operated.[40]
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Venezuela (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
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Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Venezuela (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-02): In the weeks leading up to the January 25 meeting in Brasília, Venezuela had been building up a military presence on Anacoco Island. The island, awarded to Guyana as part of an 1899 arbitral award but seized and administered by Venezuela since 1966, has long been a point of tension between the two countries. A video, linked to the Bolivarian National Guard dated January 15, 2024, shows a staging area across the Cuyuni River from Anacoco Island where construction materials are piled up. Three armored vehicles, likely V-100/150 Commando amphibious armored personnel carriers (APCs) are also visible in the staging area. Maxar satellite imagery of the area from January 13, 2024, also shows the APCs, construction materials, a heavy river ferry and the clearing of a new area to the north, likely where Venezuelan military engineers intend to build a Mabey Compact 200 bridge to the island. [...] Policymakers need to be attentive to both the words and actions of the Maduro regime in navigating the Essequibo dispute. Negotiations should not overlook provocations on the border. In doing so, Anacoco Island, Punta Barima, and likely other locations, stand out as areas to monitor as the March meeting between Presidents Maduro and Ali approaches. The United States, Brazil, and international community can play a vital role in raising awareness about Maduro’s duplicitous actions and ensure his efforts to coerce Guyana find no purchase. This will require sustained attention, but, as Schelling notes, it is always harder to compel another player to act than it is to deter a bad actor from making a move.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Venezuela (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
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Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Venezuela (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
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Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Venezuela (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-11-20): Ankoko Island (Isla de Anacoco in Venezuela) is located at the confluence of the Cuyuni River and Wenamu River, at 6°43′N 61°8′W, on the border between Venezuela and the disputed area of Guayana Esequiba. [...] 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 "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. As a matter of fact the said islands were always part of the Venezuelan territory and were not part of the 1899 Award that settled the boundaries in favor to the British Empire East of the Cuyuni River. The said island being a flotant island belong therefore to Venezuelan which sovereignty over the said islands was never under discussion. The said Award was agreed by both parties to be null and void under the 1966 Geneva Agreement.
Claim: Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco is a territory of Venezuela (Ankoko Island/Isla de Anacoco, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2018-06-21): Government of Vene zuela is prepared to utilize unlawful means in pursuit of its unjustified claim to almost two-thirds of Guyana ' s territory . I recall the continued illegal occupation of Guyana's half of Ankoko Island by the Venezuelan military and the 2006 bombing of a pontoon in the Cuyuni River by the Venezuelan military , which resulted in the death of a [...] SOBERANÍA VENEZOLANA SOBRE LA ISLA DE ANACOCO Y LA [...] SÉPTIMO. Ratificar de manera expresa los títulos de soberanía de Venezuela sobre la Isla de Anacoco y la Fachada Atlántica; así como rechazar categóricamente la intención inamistosa e infundada del gobierno de la