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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

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

Venezuela orders state companies to exploit oil and gas mines in Guyana territory

Order from president Nicolás Maduro comes after referendum on whether Venezuela should claim sovereignty over the region

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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

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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

Guyana Says Will Approach UN If Venezuela Moves On Disputed Region

Guyana said Tuesday it will approach the UN Security Council for help if Venezuela makes any moves on a disputed oil-rich region following a referendum Caracas says bolstered its claim to it.

International Business Times

Venezuela opposition leader Machado: 'The Maduro regime is in its weakest position ever'

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said that Sunday's referendum in Venezuela over the status of the disputed region of Essequibo was "absolutely not" the success proclaimed by the Maduro regime. According to electoral authorities, 95 percent of voters approved of Venezuela's claim to…

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Needless diversion: On Venezuela’s refereundum and its claim over Essequibo

While a border crisis could be a welcome distraction for President Nicolás Maduro from domestic woes, it does not offer any solution to the crises that Venezuela is facing

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Guyana 'Vigilant' After Venezuelans Vote On Fate Of Border Region

Guyana said Monday it would remain "vigilant" after Venezuelans voted overwhelmingly in favor of claiming an oil-rich border region that makes up more than two-thirds of its territory.

International Business Times

Venezuela's Guyana Annexation Referendum Leaves Region On Razor's Edge

The Maduro regime is threatening to destabilize the Caribbean in a bid for offshore oil reserves, in a move likely to invite back crippling US sanctions.

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Essequibo, the oil and mineral-rich region disputed by Venezuela and Guyana

A non-binding referendum in Venezuela has shown overwhelming support for the government's claims to Essequibo, a large swathe of land controlled by neighbouring Guyana. The land dispute between the two countries is over a century old, but heated up back in 2015 with the discovery of oil fields off the…

France 24

Venezuela: Vote Shows 'Overwhelming' Support for Claim on Region of Guyana

About 10.5 million of Venezuela's 20.7 million eligible voters took part in the consultation

Latin Times

Venezuela referendum result: voters back bid to claim sovereignty over large swath of Guyana

Disputed territory of Essequibo is larger than Greece, rich in minerals and gives access to part of the Atlantic boasting oil in commercial quantities

The Guardian - AU

Essequibo referendum: Is Venezuela about to seize part of Guyana?

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is organising a referendum on Sunday to decide whether to create a new state in the Essequibo territory, an area currently under the control of neighbouring Guyana. Does Caracas have the means for its territorial ambitions, or is it just political grandstanding?

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Venezuela's Referendum to Annex Over Half of Guyana's Territory, Explained

Even though the voting is not binding, tensions are running high between the countries given the rhetoric by Maduro's government

The Independent UK

Venezuelans vote in referendum over large swath of territory under dispute with Guyana

Venezuelans are heading to the polls to try to decide the future of a large swath of neighboring Guyana

International Business Times

Venezuela To Hold Referendum Over Essequibo Land Dispute With Guyana

Venezuela on Sunday will hold a referendum that it hopes will strengthen its century-old claim to the oil-rich Essequibo territory controlled by neighboring Guyana.

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Venezuela Will Vote On Guyana Border Row Despite UN Court Ruling

Venezuela said Friday it would press ahead with a weekend referendum over the fate of an oil-rich region claimed by itself and Guyana even as the UN's top court urged restraint in the worsening row.

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UN court bars Venezuela from altering Guyana’s control over disputed territory

The United Nations’ top court has ordered Venezuela not to take any action that would alter Guyana’s control over a disputed territory

Latin Times

Venezuela To Vote On Oil-rich Region Controlled By Guyana

A decades-old dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo territory reaches a new, potentially escalatory chapter on Sunday as Venezuela holds a referendum regarding the Guyana-controlled region.

International Business Times

Venezuela To Vote On Oil-Rich Region Controlled By Guyana

"The Venezuelan sun rises in Essequibo," "Essequibo belongs to Guyana" — the opposing camps' slogans say it all.

The Independent UK

Venezuela's planned vote over territory dispute leaves Guyana residents on edge

Congregants of an Anglican church in a sparsely populated rainforest village in Guyana are asking for peace for their community amid what they see as an existential threat

International Business Times

US Defense Officials To Visit Guyana Amid Venezuela Row: Guyanese VP

US Department of Defense officials will visit Guyana next week, the South American country's vice president said Thursday, as he pledged that "all options" are on the table in its row with neighboring Venezuela.

The Independent UK

With patriotic reggaeton and videos, Venezuela's government fans territorial dispute with Guyana

Venezuelan textbooks contain maps of the region in which students learn to quickly point out their homeland as well as neighboring Colombia, Brazil and Guyana

The Independent UK

Guyana tells UN court that Venezuelan referendum on territorial dispute is an 'existential threat'

Guyana has urged judges at the United Nations’ highest court to call a halt to parts of a Venezuelan referendum about a territorial dispute between the South American neighbors

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