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View of a street in Tumuremo, Venezuela Wikipedia – 03.09.2012 The Venezuelan government has started issuing identity documents in the city of Tumeremo, near the territory of Essequibo, which the country disputes with Guyana, it reported this Monday (11 ) the Venezuelan Identification, Migration and Foreigners Service (Saime). The institution shared on Instagram several photos and videos showing the delivery of identity cards in this city, where, provisionally, the bodies of power created unilaterally by the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, will be installed in his attempt to annex Essequibo. Although Maduro guaranteed that Saime would open an office in Tumeremo last Saturday (9), the authorities confirmed the implementation of “special days” — generally itinerant — for the delivery of documents, without clarifying whether the body’s headquarters had already opened the offices. doors. The rector of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Rosalba Gil, responsible for the institution’s registration, reported on the same social network about an “institutional recognition visit” to Tumeremo, where she intends to open “new units” to collect data from citizens. “We call on all Essequibans [habitantes da área em disputa]as we are available at the civil registry to respond to any situation, provide your documents and then hand over your identification, such as your identity card,” she said. The provision of identity documents to people living in the disputed area, mostly members of indigenous communities, is one of the actions proposed by Venezuela, after the majority of its voters approved, in a unilateral referendum, the annexation of the territory, which is rich in oil and controlled by Guyana for more than 120 years. To date , authorities in Caracas did not say how many Essequibans applied for Venezuelan citizenship.
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