This is

I in the world. I'm John Bachelor.

Deadline, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Reuters reporting, Guyana and Venezuela agreed to avoid any use of force and not to escalate tensions in their long-running dispute over the oil-rich Escibo area after a meeting between their heads of

state on these islands.

The 160,000 square a kilometer region is generally recognized as part of Guyana, but in recent years

Venezuela has revived its claim. I welcome Allison Federka of the

geopolitical futures of subscription site I recommend to help us understand

this handshake that appears in the Reuters photograph.

And what is next for the tiny Giana former British

colony now member of the Commonwealth less than 800,000 people worldwide there's a large diaspora in the United States.

And the giant and troubled and failed state of Venezuela, when oil is the story. Allison, a very good evening to you, the story.

Allison a very good evening to you.

The handshake.

The Venezuelans have force behind that handshake.

The Guyanese do not have force.

Do you measure this is the last that we'll hear of this dispute or

is it coming back on Caracas time? Good evening to you. Good evening. I would

term the handshake as a recognition of constraints that both sides are facing.

It's definitely not the end of the Guyanese

remains in question. You are correct. The Guyanese do not have a

defense force capable of taking on Venezuela should Venezuela decide to make any offensive moves.

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