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Venezuela asks World Court to throw out Guyana border case

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez addresses the media at the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

Venezuela told judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday that they should throw out a case filed by Guyana in a long-running border dispute, which could determine which country has rights to offshore oil and gas fields.

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.

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