Guyanese authorities have requested the United Nations Security Council to review Venezuela's territorial claims over the oil-rich Essequibo region ... the former British colony since 1899 ...

The Essequibo River was then considered the border between the Spanish colony and British Guyana. After Venezuela became independent, came the gold rush. British explorers and settlers made ...

Amid escalating concerns about the Essequibo crisis with neighboring Venezuela ... visiting offshore facilities in the former British colony's Exclusive Economic Zone, beyond “territorial ...

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. Guyana Foreign Minister Hugh ...

He added that his country rejected the 1899 ruling of international arbitrators, which established the borders when Guyana was still a British colony. Venezuela's interest in the Essequibo region ...

90% of the disputed territory was transferred on the basis of forged maps to its colony, British Guyana. Venezuela, which recognizes Guyana-Essequibo as its legitimate territory, believes that the ...

Venezuela has always considered Essequibo as its own because the region ... when Guyana was still a British colony. After years of fruitless mediation, Guyana went to the world court in 2018 ...