A lot of people are probably not aware that there are disputes going on all over the globe about territorial rights. The most ...

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 ...

Well, maybe. For a century and a half, Guyana and Venezuela have quarreled over Essequibo, a stretch of the Amazon that both ...

Guyana brought a case in 2018 asking the court to confirm the border was established by a 1899 arbitration process between Venezuela and the then-colony of British Guiana. In Thursday's ...

MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd has said that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic ...

One year ago, Venezuela held a referendum to reaffirm its territorial claims on Guyana's Essequibo region. That ballot ended up being a preview of the country's stolen presidential election in ...

Guyana is suffering threats of invasion and land grabbing by neighboring Venezuela which claims some two-thirds of the former British colony's territory. Guyana has asked the UN's highest court to ...

Essequibo makes up two thirds of the total land area of Guyana and is home to 125,000 of Guyana’s 800,000 citizens.

GEORGETOWN/CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's navy "intercepted" a ship exploring for oil on behalf of Exxon Mobil Corp <XOM.N> in Guyanese waters over the weekend, Guyana's foreign ministry said in ...

Tensions are mounting over the Essequibo region, which is controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela as part of its legitimate territory. The dispute dates back to the 19 th century ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — 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 ...

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