Following US pressure in favour of Venezuela (citing a claim that British actions violated the Monroe Doctrine) in 1897 the United Kingdom, the colonial power in British Guiana, agreed to an ...

The presidents of Venezuela and Guyana met Thursday in St. Vincent and the Grenadines where they agreed not to issue threats or use force in their dispute over the Essequibo, a region that is rich ...

A land dispute between Venezuela and Guyana has the potential to stir up risks in the oil market, but crude prices on Thursday continued to trade near their lowest levels in nearly six months.

Though Venezuela initially agreed to the international ruling that established the current border in 1899, when Guyana was still a British colony, it quickly came to regret this decision.

The dispute escalated after Venezuela approved on Dec. 3 in a unilateral referendum to annex the disputed area of almost 160,000 square kilometers under Guyana's control. The Chavist regime's ...

Guyana country profile But this ruling has been dismissed as unfair by successive Venezuelan governments over the past 60 years. In 1966, Britain and Venezuela reached an agreement - known as the ...

Irfaan Ali Guyana and Venezuela have agreed to not "use force" to settle their dispute over the oil-rich region of Essequibo. After meeting Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, Guyanese ...

His argument was that “The right wing will seek to allow the Americans to take the oil in Venezuela, to set up to take over PDVSA and try to run Guyana’s oil industry from Caracas.” ...

The following is the full text of a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Thursday, in commemoration of this ...

To make a direct call to Venezuela From Guyana, you need to follow the international dialing format given below. The dialing format is same for calling Venezuela mobile or land line from Guyana. To ...

1889 - Venezuela lays claims to two-thirds of Guyana west of the Essequibo river, but international arbitration rules in favour of Guyana in 1899. 1908-35 - Under dictator Juan Vicente Gomez ...