ex-colony of england. and there's a second one, french guyana, still colony of france, officially French territory. USA is currently exploring the oil of the first one. recently, maduro claimed it is part of the bolivarian republic and threatened to invade it after the elections. to do it so, he'll have to invade Brazil first. it's all negotiable when you're part of the deal. when Lula is part of the deal, I mean. Lula works with CIA since 1970s.