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The journalistic material was written in 23 December 2018 by Clifford Krauss. This
Author has been a correspondent for The New York Times since 1990, and currently covers
domestic and international energy issues. He has made numerous reporting trips to the Middle
East and North Africa during his career, including coverage of the 2011 Arab Spring in Libya,
Bahrain and Qatar.
The title of the paper “Venezuela Navy Interrupts Oil Exploration Off Guyana” with
thirteen paragraphs start about Venezuela’s navy “intercepted” a ship exploring for oil on
behalf of Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) in Guyanese waters over the weekend, justified by
author's theme.
In other words, suspended operations off the coast of Guyana for economic factors ,
according to the author . Guyana has become one of the hottest oil patches in the hemisphere
since Exxon Mobil started finding oil in 2015, which has so far amounted to five billion
barrels of reserves, justified public interest by Venezuela.
In this respect, The neighboring countries are clashing over offshore oil development
in the disputed area. There are existings paragraphs very explanatory despite of being a
subject of International Relations, that is a reader will have no difficulty in understanding
these issues of political conflicting on Amazon border.
In addition, this Jornalist describes One of Exxon Mobil’s partners in Guyana is the
Chinese oil company Cnooc. Since China is an ally of the Venezuelan regime and its most
important creditor.
Krauss says that it will be unlikely that Caracas would undercut a Chinese oil
company. Here , there is a strategic positioning to avoid conflicts of interest between for
foreign States. On the other hand , Guyana rejects this illegal, aggressive and hostile act, the
nation’s , said in a statement by Foreign Minister of Guyana. It added that, the Venezuelan

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navy action -violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our country.-, a key focus of
attention is an exploitation of the petrol, contributory causes of the problem by the author.
Therefore, the reading is easy to understand, since the text is short and journalistic,
focused on the Amazon, including two countries in South America: Venezuela and Guyana
justified for economic reasons.