The Argyle Agreement was blatantly broken, according to Guyana, which denounced Venezuela’s efforts to elect a governor of Essequibo County. According to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President Nicolás Maduro’s announcement on January 7, 2025, that “the people of Guayana Esequiba” would elect a “Governor of the Guayana Esequiba” is a clear breach of the terms of the Argyle Agreement signed in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on December 14, 2023.