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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

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

Venezuela-Guyana Tensions Soar, US Mounts Military Exercises

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

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Guyana Army Helicopter Missing Near Tense Border With Venezuela

The long-running dispute over Essequibo, which comprises some two-thirds of Guyanese territory, has intensified since ExxonMobil discovered oil there in 2015.

Latin Times

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

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

The Guardian - AU

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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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

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?

France 24

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

Latin 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.

International Business 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.

Latin 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.

International Business Times

DEA agent leaked secret information about Maduro ally targeted by US, prosecutor says

Prosecutors played wiretaps in federal court in New York showing a federal narcotics agent leaked sensitive case information about one of Washington’s top criminal targets in Venezuela — Alex Saab

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - AU

Israel-Hamas war: Biden says Gaza occupation would be ‘big mistake’ – as it happened

US president says he is ‘confident’ Israel will act under the rules of war; Thousands of patients at risk in Gaza, says UN humanitarian office

The Guardian - UK

Hamas and Israel at war: what we know on day 10

Israel evacuates 28 communities near Lebanon; number of known hostages taken by Hamas rises to 199; Palestinian death toll now at least 2,750

The Independent UK

Shadowy snitch takes starring role in bribery trial of veteran DEA agents

A beefy, bald-headed informant known by the Spanish nickname Boliche – bowling ball –is expected to play a key role in the federal trial this month in New York of two veteran U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents charged in a $73,000 bribery conspiracy involving leaked information about ongoing drug investigations

Reason

Biden's Cruel Resumption of Deportation Flights for Migrants Fleeing Venezuela's Socialist Dictatorship

The policy is simultaneously unjust and at odds with other administration policies on Venezuelan migration.

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The Independent UK

Want a place on the UN stage? Leaders of divided nations must first get past this gatekeeper

It’s one of the United Nations’ more obscure bodies, with no space to call its own within the riverside headquarters

Caixin Global

China and Venezuela Agree to Upgrade Official Status

President Xi Jinping and Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro say they will elevate their countries’ relationship to an ‘all-weather strategic partnership’

Reason

My New "The Hill" Article on Dubious Lawsuit Challenging Immigration Parole Program for Migrants Fleeing Socialism, Oppression, and Violence in Four Latin American Nations

The case was filed by 20 red states seeking to dismantle the CNVH program extending the successful Uniting for Ukraine policy to migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Haiti.

The Guardian - UK

Beaten, suffocated, forced into an abortion: the fate of one Venezuelan woman under Maduro

Latest Amnesty International report documents ongoing state detention and torture in the South American country – all while its president seeks renewed links with the west

Zenger

US Is Easing Sanctions On Maduro Regime For Transparent Venezuelan Elections

Venezuela and the Biden administration are negotiating a temporary relaxation of sanctions to hold free elections next year.

Al Jazeera

Former Venezuela spy chief pleads not guilty to US drug charges

Plea comes after Hugo Carvajal was extradited from Spain to US to face charges he coordinated drug trafficking.

Orlando Sentinel

Venezuelans seek to get permanent residency through new bill; experts say it needs work

Nearly 100 Venezuelans at a roundtable this week showed support for passing the Venezuelan Adjustment Act, legislation that would grant Venezuelans a pathway to permanent residency, but the bill needs work, according to experts.

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