This intensified dramatically in the 1960s when Venezuela formally contested the validity of the 1899 ... Guyana’s case had to be marshalled through several mechanisms, the Geneva agreement ...

The US Secretary of State considers Caracas’ sovereignty claims over the Essequibo region to be illegitimate, and expresses ...

CARACAS, April 7, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Venezuela's army said Sunday it was in a "state of alert" after the government warned of a ...

For Guyana, the elections violate the Argyle Agreement signed ... has been claimed by Venezuela, began with the Paris Arbitration Award of 1899, which granted sovereignty over the area to what ...

Simmering tensions over ... Guyana, a small English-speaking former British and Dutch colony, insists Essequibo’s frontiers were determined by an arbitration panel in 1899. But, Venezuela ...

"Obviously, that's unacceptable and we want to work together," he said, to "find an agreement ... Guyana insists the border was finalized by an 1899 arbitration panel, but Venezuela claims the ...

Top US diplomat Marco Rubio on Thursday bluntly warned Venezuela against attacking its oil-rich neighbor Guyana, brandishing ...

Maduro responded angrily to the threat, calling Rubio an "imbecile" and saying "no one threatens Venezuela." While in Guyana, Rubio signed an agreement ... finalized by an 1899 arbitration panel ...