Venezuela approved a referendum to take over the neighboring oil-rich Essequibo region controlled by the sovereign nation of Guyana after a vote Sunday, according to election officials. The government ...

Venezuelans will vote Sunday in a referendum to decide whether the country should create its own state within a large swath of its oil-rich neighbor Guyana – a move that has been denounced by Guyana ...

FILE - A youth drives a motorcycle in front of a mural of a map of Venezuela with the Essequibo territory, a swath of land administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela, in the 23 de ...

The United States announced joint military flight drills in Guyana on Thursday as tensions over a contested oil-rich region with neighbor Venezuela prompted the U.N. Security Council to call an urgent ...

FILE - Boats that service the islands on the mouth of the Essequibo River are docked at the port in Parika, Guyana, April 14, 2023. Venezuela has long claimed Guyana’s Essequibo region — a territory ...

Venezuelans have voted to support President Nicolás Maduro's government-led effort to claim the oil-rich Essequibo region that makes up some two-thirds of neighboring Guyana, raising concerns of a ...

Days apart, Guyana and Venezuela registered wins in their age-old land dispute over the Essequibo — the 159,500 square kilometre (61,600 square mile) area west of the Essequibo River to which both ...

A quiet frontier in South America is rapidly becoming one of the world’s most volatile energy flashpoints. The disputed region of Essequibo, a sparsely populated expanse administered by Guyana but ...

President Nicolas Maduro speaking December 1, 2023 at a Caracas rally ahead of a referendum he hopes will bolster Venezuela's claim to the vast Esequibo territory ...

FILE - A man sells phone cables in front of a mural of the Venezuelan map with the Essequibo territory included in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (AP ...

Venezuela's President Maduro initiated the military exercise as a defensive response to the UK's naval action near Guyana. The long-standing territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela has ...

The leaders of Venezuela and Guyana said Thursday that they would not use force against each other amid a dispute over an oil-rich piece of Guyanese land and agreed to create a joint commission to ...