Geostrategic importance of the Federal Dependencies and Bird Island.

Venezuela has a maritime front on the Carib and the Atlantic Ocean. After Mexico, it is the Caribbean country with the major maritime extension, more over the continental territory. There are 2.954 Kms of coast line and 1.050 insular Kms², about 762.000 Kms² of Exclusive Economic Zone and Continenta...

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Main Author: Colomine Rincones, Feijoo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: Aldea Mundo 2017
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Online Access:http://erevistas.saber.ula.ve/index.php/aldeamundo/article/view/8932
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Summary:Venezuela has a maritime front on the Carib and the Atlantic Ocean. After Mexico, it is the Caribbean country with the major maritime extension, more over the continental territory. There are 2.954 Kms of coast line and 1.050 insular Kms², about 762.000 Kms² of Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Platform. This extend Venezuelan sea, with 333 islands, islets and cays and its soils and subsoils, is a formidable natural reserve of raw material that deserves actions for its security and development, based in the new sea rights. Coexist in the Carib, States with a great cultural variety («Creole» culture) and different grades of sovereignty exercise. Carib near Venezuela is characterized by its heterogeneity and diversity, that sets up a challenge to the geography that most be focused by a geopolitical and a geostrategical point of view. Venezuela tiene un frente marítimo que abarca el mar Caribe y el océano Atlántico. Luego de México, es el país caribeño con mayor extensión marítima más allá del territorio continental. Son 2.954 kms. de línea costera y 1.050 Kms² insulares, unos 762.000 Kms² de Zona Económica Exclusiva y Plataforma Continental. Ese extenso mar de Venezuela con 333 islas, cayos e islotes, conjuntamente con los suelos y subsuelos constituye un formidable reservorio natural de materias primas que ameritan acciones para su seguridad y desarrollo, basadas en el nuevo derecho del mar. Coexisten en el Caribe Estados con una gran variedad étnico cultural (que ha dado lugar a la cultura «creole») y diferentes grados de ejercicio de soberanía. Lo que caracteriza el Caribe próximo a Venezuela, es la diversidad y la heterogeneidad. Ello plantea un desafío de la geografía que debe enfocarse desde el punto devista geopolítico y geoestratégico.