Essequibo

Venezuela launches military exercise near Guyana over UK warship ‘threat’

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David Turner

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro ordered more than 5,600 military personnel to participate in a “defensive” exercise near the border with Guyana, in ...

Guyana, Venezuela presidents to meet Thursday on border row

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David Turner

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart, Irfaan Ali, will meet Thursday on their countries’ growing dispute over the oil-rich region ...

Venezuela holds referendum on oil-rich region in dispute with Guyana

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David Turner

Venezuelans voted Sunday in a non-binding referendum that the government hopes will strengthen its century-old claim to the oil-rich Essequibo territory controlled ...