Guyana to 'stoutly resist' Venezuela plans to issue IDs to disputed Essequibo residents

“We will stoutly resist any effort to have our people issued with cards and things like that, and whatever we need to do as a nation to ensure that we are not distracted in any way from our path of development we are going to do it,” said Minister of State Joseph Harmon. However he did not provide any details. The warning was issued on Antigua’s Nice Radio FM 104.3 by Harmon who is part of a two-member delegation on that Caribbean island to join the large Guyanese population there in celebrating ye coalition’s victory at the May 11, 2015 general and regional elections. The other member of the delegation is Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Winston Felix. More…