Guiana Shield Crisis
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| Guiana Shield Crisis | |||
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| Belligerents | |||
Supported By: United States United Kingdom Brazil (diplomatic) CARICOM OAS |
Supported By: France Israel China (diplomatic) Morocco (diplomatic) | ||
| Units involved | |||
| Guyana Defence Forces |
Salvanese Armed Forces Suriname National Army | ||
| Strength | |||
 7,000 (total) 600 (border only) |
 400,000 (total) 5,000 (total) | ||
The Guiana Shield Crisis is an ongoing escalation of the territorial dispute between Guyana and San Salvacion over the Essequibo region, as well as the territorial dispute between Guyana and Suriname over the Tigri Area. Both disputes date back to the 1840's and prior to the crisis, had remained largely absent of military tensions outside of a brief clash between Guyana and Surinamese militias in 1969. The current borders were established by the Paris Arbitral Award in 1899 which ruled largely in favour of British Guiana, but was rejected by both San Salvacion and Dutch Guiana as unfair.