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Guyana, Venezuela Presidents To Meet Thursday On Border Row

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart, Irfaan Ali, will meet Thursday on their countries’ growing dispute over the oil-rich region of Essequibo, amid mounting international warnings against escalating…

Venezuela, Guyana Open ‘Communication Channels’ As Border Tension Mounts

Guyana and Venezuela agreed Wednesday to “keep the communication channels open” in a fast-worsening feud over a disputed, oil-rich region as Brazil reinforced troops on its northern border with the…

Venezuela, Guyana Tensions Rise Over Disputed Oil-rich Region

Tensions rose between Venezuela and Guyana Tuesday as Caracas proposed a bill to declare a Venezuelan province in a disputed oil-rich region and ordered the state oil company to issue…

Guyana Says Will Approach UN If Venezuela Moves On Disputed Region

Guyana said Tuesday it will approach the UN Security Council for help if Venezuela makes any moves on a disputed oil-rich region following a referendum Caracas says bolstered its claim…

Guyana ‘Vigilant’ After Venezuelans Vote On Fate Of Border Region

Guyana said Monday it would remain “vigilant” after Venezuelans voted overwhelmingly in favor of claiming an oil-rich border region that makes up more than two-thirds of its territory. “We have…

Venezuela’s Guyana Annexation Referendum Leaves Region On Razor’s Edge

Venezuela moved closer toward initiating Latin America’s first inter-state military conflict in nearly 30 years Sunday, as voters approved plans to formally annex the disputed oil-rich western half of neighboring…

Venezuela To Hold Referendum Over Essequibo Land Dispute With Guyana

Venezuela on Sunday will hold a referendum that it hopes will strengthen its century-old claim to the oil-rich Essequibo territory controlled by neighboring Guyana. “Essequibo is ours!” say posters plastered…

Venezuela Will Vote On Guyana Border Row Despite UN Court Ruling

Venezuela said Friday it would press ahead with a weekend referendum over the fate of an oil-rich region claimed by itself and Guyana even as the UN’s top court urged…

Venezuela To Vote On Oil-Rich Region Controlled By Guyana

“The Venezuelan sun rises in Essequibo,” “Essequibo belongs to Guyana” — the opposing camps’ slogans say it all. A decades-old dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo territory reaches a new, potentially…

US Defense Officials To Visit Guyana Amid Venezuela Row: Guyanese VP

US Department of Defense officials will visit Guyana next week, the South American country’s vice president said Thursday, as he pledged that “all options” are on the table in its…

ExxonMobil Expands Guyana Oil Production Ahead Of Schedule, Increasing Output By 50%

ExxonMobil announced Tuesday that it had begun production at a third offshore drilling facility in Guyana’s territorial waters, raising the country’s oil output capacity from 400,000 to 620,000 barrels per…

Guyana Tells UN Top Court Of ‘Existential’ Threat Over Venezuela Vote

Guyana said Tuesday it faced an “existential” threat from a planned referendum by Venezuela on whether to annex a disputed oil-rich border region, and urged the United Nations’ top court…

Guyana Seeks UN Court Protection On ‘Sinister’ Venezuela Territorial Claim

Guyana has asked the UN’s highest court to stop a Venezuelan referendum on whether or not to annex the oil-rich Essequibo region both South American nations lay claim to. Venezuela…

Teenager Charged With 19 Murders In Guyana School Dormitory Fire

People stand inside the remains of a burnt secondary school dormitory after several children, most of them from indigenous communities, died after a fire gutted the building overnight, in Mahdia,…

Girls Burnt In Deadly Guyana School Fire Still Critical

Relatives of the school dormitory fire sob during a meeting with Guyana President Irfaan Ali in Mahdia, where the tragedy happened AFP Two girls badly burnt in a school dormitory…