Venezuelans will vote Sunday in a referendum to decide whether the country should create its own state within a large swath of its oil-rich neighbor Guyana – a move denounced as an annexation by ...

An Exxon Mobil-led oil consortium has returned 2,534 square kilometers of the Stabroek Block in Guyana back to the government ...

The area in question, the densely forested and oil-rich Essequibo region, amounts to about two-thirds of Guyana’s national territory. Venezuela has long claimed the land and dismisses an 1899 ...

A man carries the new map of Venezuela with the Essequibo territory, a large swath of land that is administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela, to the National Assembly building ...

Environmental studies and Latin American and Latino studies major Chris Mathura won the dean's award for his research ...

Guyanese president speaks out after Venezuela makes claim on oil-rich region of his country 06:54. Guyana's President Irfaan Ali said the country is taking every necessary step to protect itself ...

Venezuela approved a referendum to take over the neighboring oil-rich Essequibo region controlled by the sovereign nation of Guyana after a vote Sunday, according to election officials. The ...

Map locates the region of Essequibo in western Guyana, as well Georgetown, Guyana’s capital. It also locates Venezuela, Brazil, and Suriname, which surround Guyana. 100 miles ...

News; Nation/World; As Venezuela threatens to invade oil-rich Guyana, US worries about how far Maduro will go Dec. 7, 2023 Updated Thu., Dec. 7, 2023 at 12:50 p.m. General view of Venezuela's ...

In August 2024, Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, announced that the country’s oil reserves had grown by 600 million barrels to 11.6 billion barrels.

Venezuelans will vote Sunday in a referendum to decide whether the country should create its own state within a large swath of its oil-rich neighbor Guyana – a move denounced as an annexation by ...