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Venezuela: Maduro announces annexation of the Essequibo and mobilises the army (www.msn.com)
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[–] FamousPlan101@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

With a population of 804,567 and an active "army" of 4600 active personnel and 3000 reserves (2 brigades)

Compared to a country with a population of 28.2 million with an army of 115,000

Even if they conscript 1% of their population (in the short term) that's only another 2 brigades

Do you think their society will have the morale to fight as though the US invaded them with a Latin American neighbour? To me it seems that the many leftists in Guyana would be apathetic.