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

Venezuelan organized crime has taken root in the Essequibo region as Venezuela escalates claims to this Guyanese territory.

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

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

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

Between 2016 and 2025, at least 10 attacks against Guyana Defense Forces were carried out by armed Venezuelan groups ...

In 2023, Mr. Maduro reignited the long-running dispute by holding a ... an elected official in Essequibo. Venezuela is holding its election one day before Guyana’s Independence Day.

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 ...

In a significant escalation of the longstanding territorial dispute over the oil ... result in severe consequences for Venezuela. As tensions escalate over Guyana, we are also coming up on a ...

The United National Congress (UNC) in Trinidad and Tobago may be rusty at the intricacies of statecraft and international ...