Guyana’s government says it is working with Barbados to create a seamless trade and transport platform that could become a ...

Guyana President Irfan Ali speaks during a press conference after meeting behind closed doors with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Argyle, St. Vincent, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.

Venezuela and Guyana have agreed to a high-level meeting over the status of the disputed and oil-rich Essequibo region, following a flurry of diplomacy involving leaders of both countries as well ...

The Essequibo region represents two-thirds of Guyana and is rich in gold, diamonds, timber and other natural resources. It also is located close to massive offshore oil deposits, with current ...

The Essequibo River flows through the Kurupukari crossing in Guyana. Venezuela has long claimed Guyana’s Essequibo region, a territory larger than Greece and rich in oil and minerals.

Chairman of the Special Commission for the Defense of Guyana Essequibo Hermann Escarra, stands next to Venezuela's new map in Caracas, Venezuela, on Dec. 8, 2023.

THREE down and one more to go from a zone perspective in the third Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast as the final zone ...

The more than century-long dispute over the resource-rich Essequibo region in Guyana has intensified. Venezuela’s autocratic President Nicolas Maduro asserts, in one of the few issues it agrees ...

Maduro claimed sovereignty over neighboring Guyana's Essequibo region — where oil was found in 2015 — after a questionable referendum. Ali said the issue should be decided by the ICJ.

An area of 61,600 square miles, Essequibo represents two-thirds of the land controlled by Guyana and about a sixth of its population. It also borders Brazil, whose Defense Ministry recently said ...

Venezuela has laid claim to Essequibo, dating back to the Spanish colonial period and has contested the border set by international arbitrators in 1899, during Guyana's time as a British colony.

The Essequibo region represents two-thirds of Guyana and is rich in gold, diamonds, timber and other natural resources. It also is located close to massive offshore oil deposits , with current ...