2023 in Guyana
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Events in the year 2023 in Guyana.
Incumbents
- President: Irfaan Ali
- Mark Phillips
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana
- 6 April – The Guayana Esequiba can proceed. Guyanese President Irfaan Ali welcomes the decision and commits Guyana to solve the dispute peacefully. Venezuela had earlier rejected the ruling, alleging that the case cannot be heard without the involvement of the United Kingdom, Guyana's former colonial power.[1]
- 22 May – 2023 Mahdia school fire: At least 20 children are killed during a fire at a school in Mahdia.[2]
- 15 November – Venezuela announces that it will proceed with a
- 26 November –
- 6 December – GDF Bell 412 Helicopter crash – A Guyana Defence Force helicopter goes missing while on a border operation near the border with Venezuela.[5]
- 7 December – The Guyanese government confirms that five military officers who were in a Bell 412EP helicopter that crashed near the border with Venezuela have died and that two others survived the crash. The helicopter went missing on Wednesday during bad weather conditions. It is the deadliest incident in Guyanese military history.[6]
- 8 December – Amid growing border tensions between Guyana and Venezuela, the U.S. embassy in Guyana announces that the United States Southern Command will conduct joint flight operations with the Guyana Defence Force.[7]
- 9 December – Guayana Esequiba Region, but takes no immediate action.[8]
- 12 December – armed conflict.[9]
- 14 December – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Guyanese President Irfaan Ali hold talks in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Both leaders agree to neither use threats nor force against the other. A joint commission is announced to address the existing issues, with a report expected within three months.[10]
- 24 December – The United Kingdom announces that it will deploy the patrol vessel HMS Trent off the coast of Guyana amid Guyana's dispute with Venezuela over the Essequibo region.[11]
Deaths
- 29 January – Gordon Rohlehr, literary scholar and critic (born 1942).[12]
See also
References
- ^ "UN court says it can hear Guyana-Venezuela border dispute". AP NEWS. 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "Guyana school fire: At least 20 children die in Mahdia blaze". BBC News. 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ "Venezuela tells World Court referendum to go ahead despite Guyana resistance". Reuters. 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ Sourtech. "Sube la tensión entre Venezuela y Guyana - El Economista". eleconomista.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-28.
- ^ Khan, Rishard (2023-12-06). "Guyanese Defence Force helicopter goes down near Venezuelan border - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday". newsday.co.tt. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ "Guyana military helicopter crash kills 5 officers and leaves 2 survivors". AP News. 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ Holland, Steve; Singh, Kanishka; Singh, Kanishka (2023-12-07). "US expresses support for Guyana's sovereignty amid border tensions with Venezuela". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ^ "UN takes no immediate action at emergency meeting on Guyana-Venezuela dispute over oil-rich region". AP News. 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- ^ "Leaders of Venezuela and Guyana to meet amid border dispute". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- ^ "Guyana and Venezuela agree to refrain from using force, but fail to resolve territorial dispute". AP News. 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ "Guyana: UK to send warship to South America amid Venezuela tensions". 2023-12-24. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
- ^ "Guyanese academic Gordon Rohlehr dies". demerarawaves.com. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.