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Venezuelan Border Disputes

Venezuelan Border Disputes. Brenda Cadena , Richie Cianci , Jimmy Walker, Nick Taylor. Background. Great Britain owned a territory called British Guiana by treaty Robert Schomburgk asked to delineate British Guinana / Venezuela boundary

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Venezuelan Border Disputes

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  1. Venezuelan Border Disputes Brenda Cadena, Richie Cianci, Jimmy Walker, Nick Taylor

  2. Background • Great Britain owned a territory called British Guiana by treaty • Robert Schomburgk asked to delineate British Guinana/ Venezuela boundary • SchomburgkLine claimed an additional 30,000 square miles for GB • Venezuela disagreed with new boundary • Gold discovered in territory • Great Britain sought to further extend boundary • 33,000 square miles more west • Venezuela appealed for U.S assistance

  3. How did the US become involved? • Venezuela citing the Monroe Doctrine as justification for U.S. involvement • Venezuela recurrently petitioned for U.S. assistance • sponsoring arbitration or intervening with force • U. S responded by expressing concern, but did little to facilitate a resolution

  4. What were the US motives? • Wanted to truly help out the Venezuelan people as they had repeatedly asked for our help in the dispute • Looked to the Monroe Doctrine as justifications for actions

  5. Did they Justify their actions anyway? • U.S. Secretary of State Richard Olney sent a note to British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury • demanding that the British submit the boundary dispute to arbitration. • Salisbury responded: • Monroe Doctrine had no authority as international law • The local population of Venezuela was very happy that the US answered their call after so many years

  6. Final Result • President Grover Cleveland appointed a boundary commission • Stated that whatever the commission decides would stand and be enforced by any means necessary • Declared that the Schomburgk Line would be the boudary which dissappointed Great Britain • Preserved the 1835 Demarcation which dissappointed Great Britain • This was a compromise that favored neither side in the dispute

  7. Superman or Mafia Don • The United States of America acted as Superman in this situation • Went in with no other motives than to help Venezuela who had pleaded for the US help for 19 years • US benefitted the both Great Britain and Venezuela by deciding on a compromise • Even though both sides were not happy, it benefitted both sides by coming up with the best possible solution

  8. Map • US is far from Venezuela, but still in the same hemisphere • This proved the US as a major world power specifically in the Western Hemisphere Venezuela

  9. Works Cited • Pike, John. "Venezuela Boundary Dispute, 1895-1899." globalsecurity.org. globalsecurity.org, 2-12-09. Web. 13 Oct 2010. <http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/venezuela1895 • Schoult, Lars. "Venezuela Border Dispute." state.gov. Harvard University Press, 1998. Web. 13 Oct 2010. <http://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1866_timeline/venezuela.html>.

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