CARACAS, Venezuela -- A century-old territorial dispute deepened by the discovery of oil is boiling over between neighbors Guyana and Venezuela. Steeped in patriotism, the Venezuelan government is ...

Chairman of the Special Commission for the Defense of Guyana Essequibo Hermann Escarra, stands next to Venezuela's new map that includes the Essequibo territory, a swath of land that is ...

BOGOTA, Colombia -- A British warship arrived in Guyana on Friday afternoon amid rising tensions from a border dispute between the former British colony and Venezuela. The HMS Trent's visit led ...

On May 13, 2025, Guyana Defense Force (GDF) troops were attacked while patrolling the Cuyuní River, which forms part of the disputed border. Similar attacks followed in the days after, though no ...

A border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana is turning violent after attacks on Guyanese security forces. Could the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro be using criminal gangs to provoke ...

Venezuela argues that a 1966 agreement to resolve the dispute effectively nullified the original arbitration. The case is still pending in court while tensions between the two countries keep rising.

After a tense meeting, the presidents of Venezuela and Guyana agreed on Sunday to restore ambassadors and hold talks to resolve a long-running border dispute that flared up recently following the ...

December 12, 2024 US Military Meddles in Venezuela-Guyana Dispute, on Behalf of Imperialism W. T. Whitney Photograph Source: Neil Palmer/CIAT – Flickr – CC BY-SA 2.0 ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Venezuela has decided to stop buying much of Guyana’s rice crop amid an escalating border dispute between the South American neighbors, the Guyanese finance minister ...

Work on the bridge, which links Venezuela’s mainland to a military base, has caused a decades-old row over border lines in the Essequibo region to flare up again.

Days later, Caribbean leaders, joined by Brazil and the U.N., held an emergency summit where Guyana and Venezuela agreed to refrain from using force. But the dispute continues.