Any military aggression towards Venezuela will be spun as Venezuela being the true victim here.

Other than that, the vast majority of the Guyanese military spend their days at border crossings playing checkers.

2000 British trained members... 3000 if you include members of the Guyanese Military Coast Guard, Air Patrol and... Credit Union.

Venezuela has over 4000 Generals. Cuban trained.

A Brazilian delegation's quick trip to Guyana and Suriname suggests things are moving beneath the surface of the border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana. On Feb. 7, Brazilian President Michel Temer approved a trip by Defense Minister Raul Jungmann, Justice Minister Torquato Jardim and Institutional Security Cabinet Chief Sergio Etchegoyen to Guyana and Suriname. According to Agencia Estado, the visit's purpose is to discuss border security with the Guyanese and Surinamese governments. However, an unconfirmed report in Brazilian paper O Antagonista claimed the real reason behind the visit was to share information that Brazil's intelligence services had learned about Venezuela considering a military incursion into Guyana.

Venezuela has claimed ownership over the Guyanese territory west of the Essequibo River since 1962. But recently, the U.N. Secretary General referred the border dispute issue to the International Court of Justice, which may issue a binding decision on the matter within the next several years. According to the O Antagonista report, Brazil's information claims that the Venezuelan government is considering siezing that territory. On Feb. 8, the Brazilian ministers visited their country's Roraima state, an area bordering Guyana and Venezuela that has seen tens of thousands of Venezuelan refugees pour across the border in recent months as unrest in the country grows.

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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/would-venezuela-invade-guyana

Backstory: Venezuela and Guyana have had a long history of this border dispute, that has gone back long before either country was independent. However, in 1895 it was resolved via arbitration. Venezuela (and the United States!) lost an international decision on this border to Guyana (Britain), BUT, the Monroe Doctrine was maintained. A win-win for international diplomacy.

However, Venezuela has always "aspired" for more lands, and with the US backing (in the remote past), has laid claim to almost all of Guyana (and parts of Brazil, though it dares not screw around with much bigger, stronger Brazil!) THE PROBLEM? Guyana is small, relatively underpopulated country, and the area in question has oil deposits. VENEZUELA CANNOT ALLOW THIS SMALL NATION TO HAVE A LOT OF OIL, as it hurts Venezuelan oil hegemony in the region.

Now you know...