The Latest Breaking News from Essequibo

Venezuela to hold military drills after UK sends warship to Guyana

Venezuela and Guyana are in dispute over an oil-rich region

Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2023

Venezuela plans military exercises in Caribbean as a British warship heads to Guyana

Venezuela and Guyana are currently involved in a border dispute over a sparsely populated region the size of Florida with vast oil deposits off its shores.

WEKU · Dec 28, 2023

Venezuela, Guyana Leaders Meet To 'De-escalate' Tensions

The presidents of Venezuela and Guyana met Thursday in the Caribbean for talks that analysts said could "de-escalate" tensions but would do little to resolve their countries' long-standing -- and now reheating -- territorial dispute.

International Business Times · Dec 14, 2023

Calls Mount For Calm As Guyana-Venezuela Border Tensions Soar

The United States, through National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, urged the sides to find a diplomatic solution to the territorial dispute, saying "we don't want to see this come to blows."

Latin Times · Dec 8, 2023

Venezuela-Guyana Tensions Escalate Over Essequibo With U.S. Involved in Military Drills

The U.S. Army carried out a joint aerial exercise with Guyana. Washington reiterated its support for the country

Latin Times · Dec 7, 2023

US throws weight behind Guyana in territorial dispute with Venezuela

Top US diplomat Blinken reaffirms support for Guyana’s sovereignty as Venezuela threatens to annex its Essequibo region.

Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2023

Venezuela, Guyana Open 'Communication Channels' As Border Tension Mounts

Guyana and Venezuela agreed Wednesday to "keep the communication channels open" in a fast-worsening feud over a disputed, oil-rich region as Brazil reinforced troops on its northern border with the neighbors.

International Business Times · Dec 6, 2023

Guyana's president says it is preparing for a possible incursion by Venezuela into disputed area

Guyana's president tells The Associated Press his country is taking every necessary step to protect itself from a potential incursion by Venezuela, which has ordered its state-owned companies to explore and exploit oil and minerals in Guyana’s vast Essequibo region that it considers its own

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2023

Maduro orders the 'immediate' exploitation of oil, gas and mines in Guyana's Essequibo

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is ordering the country’s state-owned companies to “immediately” begin to explore and exploit the oil, gas and mines in Guyana’s Essequibo region, a territory larger than Greece and rich in oil and minerals that Venezuela claims as its own

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2023

Venezuela, Guyana Tensions Rise Over Disputed Oil-rich Region

Tensions rose between Venezuela and Guyana Tuesday as Caracas proposed a bill to declare a Venezuelan province in a disputed oil-rich region and ordered the state oil company to issue licenses for extracting crude there.

International Business Times · Dec 5, 2023