Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez has created tension in Caricom after she boldly wore a brooch designed to look like a map of Venezuela which incorporates Guyana’s Essequibo region during her recent visits to Grenada and Barbados.

This is not sitting well with Guyana’s President Dr Irfaan Ali who, by letter dated April 28, 2026, wrote to Caricom chairman Dr Terrance Drew formally objecting to what he described as a provocative escalation by Venezuela in its long-running territorial claim to Guyana’s Essequibo region.

Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriquez, right, and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley