Venezuela's Foreign Ministry rejected the Caribbean Community's latest statement regarding the oil-rich Essequibo territory under Guyana's control since 1899 which the Spanish-speaking country ...

The Guyanese government formally protested over the matter and formally summoned the Venezuelan ambassador to condemn the move in the Essequibo. Guyana has also accused Venezuela of illegally ...

The territory in question has been under Guyana’s control for more than a century, and it is Venezuela that has failed to maintain its own obligations to law and peace.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana said Thursday that it will seek help from the United Nations’ top court to deter plans by neighboring Venezuela to elect a governor to rule its western Essequibo ...

Work on the bridge, which links Venezuela’s mainland to a military base, has caused a decades-old row over border lines in the Essequibo region to flare up again. Guyana Foreign Minister Hugh ...

Essequibo makes up two thirds of the total land area of Guyana and is home to 125,000 of Guyana’s 800,000 citizens. The Orinduik Falls are at the edge of Essequibo, an oil-rich disputed area ...

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