Guyana News » Essequibo Islands West De News Guyana » Essequibo Islands-West De » Government: Venezuela's interim president's Essequibo badge sparks Guyana protest
The long-standing territorial dispute between neighboring countries Venezuela and Guyana is showing signs of escalation. The "badge" consistently worn by Venezuela’s interim president at diplomatic ...
News Guyana » Essequibo Islands-West De » Government: No Man’s Land: How Drug Trafficking Took Root in the Disputed Essequibo Territory
When soldiers and anti-drug officials dug up 4.4 tons of cocaine at an illegal airstrip in northwest Guyana on August 31, 2024, they uncovered more than just drugs. They found evidence that Guyana’s ...
News Guyana » Essequibo Islands-West De » Government: Venezuela, Guyana resume hearings over disputed, oil-rich Essequibo
May 4 (UPI) --Venezuela and Guyana resumed their long-running territorial dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo region with public hearings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday, ...
News Guyana » Essequibo Islands-West De » Government: A Golden Opportunity: Maduro and Venezuelan Miners Target Essequibo
Just after 5 p.m. on May 13, 2025, shots rang out along the Cuyuní River, as troops from the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) made their way between the towns of Eteringbang and Makapa, along the broad ...
News Guyana » Essequibo Islands-West De » Government: The Essequibo – from Guyana’s sovereign territory to a territory in dispute
Guyana’s border with Venezuela was determined in 1899 under the Washington Treaty by an Arbitral Award which produced a “full, perfect and final settlement” under international law. That is a ...
News Guyana » Essequibo Islands-West De » Government: Guyana and Venezuela return to UN court to settle historic dispute over valuable border region
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Guyana told the United Nations’ highest court on Monday that 70% of its territory is at stake in a historic border dispute with Venezuela over a swath of jungle that is rich ...
News Guyana » Essequibo Islands-West De » Government: No Man’s Land: How drug trafficking took root in Essequibo
When soldiers and anti-drug officials dug up 4.4 tons of cocaine at an illegal airstrip in northwest Guyana on August 31, 2024, they uncovered more than just drugs. They found evidence that Guyana’s ...