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Tensions are soaring between Guyana and Venezuela over a territorial dispute. Here’s what to know. Military confrontation appears unlikely for now, but several countries have echoed Guyana’s...
The territory, excluding the Venezuelan-controlled Ankoko Island, is controlled by Guyana as part of six of its regions, based on the 1899 Paris Arbitral Award. It is also claimed by Venezuela as the Guayana Esequiba State.
May 4, 2024 · For a century and a half, Guyana and Venezuela have quarreled over Essequibo, a stretch of the Amazon that both countries claim. Guyana has long governed the territory, but Venezuela also...
Dec 6, 2023 · Both countries claim ownership of the territory, which is sparsely populated and whose much-disputed border was agreed under a 1899 decision when Guyana was still part of the British Empire.
Dec 15, 2023 · The International Court of Justice on Dec. 1 ordered Venezuela not to do anything to alter the status quo on Guyana’s control over Essequibo. But it denied Guyana’s bid to ban the referendum.
Dec 10, 2023 · A century-old territorial dispute is boiling over between neighbors Guyana and Venezuela. It's steeped in patriotism and deepened by the discovery of oil.
Dec 6, 2023 · The Venezuelan President has ordered the country's oil companies to issue extraction licenses in oil-rich Essequibo, a region in Guyana.
