The Latest Breaking News from Guyana

'This Is Guyana': Essequibo Residents Anxious Over Venezuela Claim

A freshly planted Guyanese flag flaps on the summit of a table-top mountain rising from thick forests in a remote region near the Venezuelan border.

International Business Times · Dec 11, 2023

Leaders of Guyana and Venezuela to meet this week as region worries over their territorial dispute

The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela will meet this week to address an escalating dispute over the Essequibo region that is rich in oil and minerals

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023

Joe Solomon obituary

West Indies and Guyana cricketer whose fielding brilliance led to the first ever tied Test match

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023

The Observer view: Maduro’s land grab in Guyana is a cynical ploy to hang on to power in Venezuela

The unpopular leader is eyeing nationalist votes by stoking of tension over Guyana’s Essequibo region

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2023

Lula Warns Maduro As South America Nervously Eyes Guyana-Venezuela Row

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged his counterpart Nicolas Maduro Saturday against escalating Venezuela's border row with neighboring Guyana, as South American leaders nervously monitored the deepening dispute.

International Business Times · Dec 9, 2023

Tensions are soaring between Guyana and Venezuela over century-old territorial dispute

A century-old territorial dispute is boiling over between neighbors Guyana and Venezuela

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2023

UN takes no immediate action at emergency meeting on Guyana-Venezuela dispute over oil-rich region

The United Nations Security Council took no immediate action at a closed emergency meeting requested by Guyana following Venezuela’s recent referendum claiming the vast oil- and mineral-rich Essequibo region that makes up a large part of its neighbor

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2023

Oil At The Root Of Guyana-Venezuela Border Row

The discovery of vast oil deposits is blamed for reigniting a decades-old territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana that fast worsened as Guyana started granting licenses to multinationals to exploit crude in waters claimed by both countries.

International Business Times · Dec 8, 2023

Why Venezuela is threatening to annex Guyana's oil-rich province of Essequibo

The US air force has taken the unusual step of holding joint drills with Guyana as the United Nations scheduled an emergency meeting of the security council to discuss Venezuela’s threat to annex more than two-thirds of the oil-rich South American country.

The Conversation · Dec 8, 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