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News Guyana » Essequibo Islands-West De » Government: Guyana faces elections amid oil boom, Maduro's threats

News channel or source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/08/14/guyana-guyana-Essequibo-territorial-claim-maduro-venezuela/2221755187517/
Published on: Thursday 14 August 2025

Aug. 14 (UPI) --With less than three weeks before Guyana's general elections Sept. 1, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has intensified his rhetoric over a long-standing territorial claim to the ...

News Guyana » Essequibo Islands-West De » Government: Guyana and Venezuela return to UN court to settle historic dispute over valuable border region

News channel or source: https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/venezuela-guyana-essequibo-border-dispute-icj-hague-b61424
Published on: Monday 04 May 2026

Guyana has argued at the International Court of Justice that 70% of its territory is at stake in a historic border dispute with Venezuela over a swath of jungle that is rich in resources.

News Guyana » Essequibo Islands-West De » Government: Venezuela held an election for an oil-rich region. The main problem is it belongs to another country

News channel or source: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/25/americas/venezuela-election-essequibo-guyana-intl-latam
Published on: Saturday 24 May 2025

Venezuelans on Sunday for the first time elected a governor and other lawmakers for Essequibo, an oil-rich region that Venezuela has laid claim to even though it is widely recognized as being part of ...

News Guyana » Essequibo Islands-West De » Government: Venezuela, Guyana resume hearings over disputed, oil-rich Essequibo

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/venezuela-guyana-resume-hearings-over-disputed-oil-rich-essequibo/ar-AA22nllz
Published on: Sunday 03 May 2026

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: Venezuela Is Holding an Election. For Another Country’s Land.

News channel or source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/world/americas/venezuela-election-essequibo-guyana.html
Published on: Saturday 24 May 2025

In Sunday’s election, President Nicolás Maduro has called to elect a governor of Essequibo — a region that actually belongs to neighboring Guyana. By Genevieve Glatsky On Sunday, Venezuela plans to ...

News Guyana » Essequibo Islands-West De » Government: A Golden Opportunity: Maduro and Venezuelan Miners Target Essequibo

News channel or source: https://insightcrime.org/investigations/golden-opportunity-maduro-venezuela-miners-target-essequibo/
Published on: Tuesday 03 June 2025

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News Guyana » Essequibo Islands-West De » Government: What Trump’s Venezuela intervention means for Guyana’s vast oil wealth

News channel or source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/oil-trump-venezuela-guyana-essequibo-territorial-dispute.html
Published on: Sunday 11 January 2026

The fallout from the Trump administration's military intervention is expected to put Venezuela's longstanding territorial claims over the oil-rich Essequibo territory on ice, analysts told CNBC. A ...