A burst of gunfire shattered the stillness along the Cuyuní River when soldiers from the Guyana Defense Force came under ...

The area is currently administered by Guyana and claimed by Venezuela in a long-standing dispute being mediated by the ...

A string of armed attacks on Guyanese soldiers patrolling the disputed Essequibo region has intensified tensions between ...

The State Department says elections called by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to elect a governor and legislators for the ...

A century-old territorial dispute deepened by the discovery of oil is boiling over between neighbors Guyana and Venezuela. Steeped in patriotism, the Venezuelan government is seizing on the fight ...

The area in question, the densely forested Essequibo region, amounts to about two-thirds of Guyana’s national territory and is roughly the size of Florida. Venezuela has long claimed the land ...

Guyana's President Irfaan Ali said the country is taking every necessary step to protect itself from Venezuela, which has ordered its state-owned companies to explore and exploit oil and minerals ...

The leaders of Venezuela and Guyana said Thursday that they would not use force against each other amid a dispute over an oil-rich piece of Guyanese land and agreed to create a joint commission to ...

MEXICO CITY — Concerns that an armed conflict may be imminent in the northern hinterlands of South America eased somewhat Thursday as the leaders of Venezuela and neighboring Guyana pledged to ...

Venezuela says it was the victim of a land theft conspiracy in 1899, when Guyana was a British colony and arbitrators from Britain, Russia and the United States decided the boundary.

In the latest in the row between Guyana and Venezuela, there were military exercises from both countries in recent days – essentially a spot of sabre-rattling ahead of an expected meeting ...

The talks follow heightened tensions between Guyana and Venezuela over a century-old dispute involving the Essequibo region. A British warship visited Guyana in late December, prompting Venezuela ...