Guyana is seeking help from the U.S. to improve its defense capabilities amid fears that neighboring Venezuela might one day seize a disputed region in western Guyana that is rich in minerals and oil.

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.

Guyana and Venezuela have been feuding over the region for decades, with tensions deepening after vast oil deposits were found near Guyana’s coast in 2015 in offshore areas intersecting the ...

Dear Editor, THE prospect of Azruddin Mohamed entering government must be treated not just as a domestic political issue, but as a matter of national ...

Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, signed into law the results of a referendum laying claim to two-thirds of neighboring Guyana; the move triggered 'fierce condemnation' from Guyana on Thursday.

Chairman of the Special Commission for the Defense of Guyana Essequibo Hermann Escarra, stands next to Venezuela's new map that includes the Essequibo territory, a swath of land that is ...

Guyana President Mohamed Irfaan Ali said in an interview with NBC News' Tom Llamas that his country will not give an inch of land to Venezuela in talks scheduled for Thursday. IE 11 is not supported.

Venezuela insists Essequibo was part of its territory during the Spanish colonial period and argues a 1966 Geneva agreement among Venezuela, Britain and then-British Guiana, now Guyana, nullified ...

Guyana and Venezuela leaders to meet face-to-face as region pushes to defuse territorial dispute The meeting is aimed at easing the tensions that have flared over Essequibo, a vast border region ...

The current controversy between the oil-producing nations of Guyana and Venezuela is more than just a border dispute, with Guyana crying foul to Venezuela’s claim that it owns — and seeks ...

Guyana and Venezuela have been feuding over the region for decades, with tensions deepening after vast oil deposits were found near Guyana’s coast in 2015 in offshore areas intersecting the ...

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.