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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

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

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.

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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.

International Business Times

US to hold military exercises with Guyana amid border tensions with Venezuela

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

France 24

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

Helicopter carrying 5 senior Guyana military officials is missing near tense border with Venezuela

A military helicopter carrying seven people has vanished near Guyana’s border with Venezuela

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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…

France 24

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

The Hindu

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 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?

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

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

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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.

International Business Times

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.

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.

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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.

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