Days apart, Guyana and Venezuela registered wins in their age-old land dispute over the Essequibo — the 159,500 square kilometre (61,600 square mile) area west of the Essequibo River to which both ...

President Nicolas Maduro speaking December 1, 2023 at a Caracas rally ahead of a referendum he hopes will bolster Venezuela's claim to the vast Esequibo territory ...

Is armed conflict on the horizon in the northern hinterlands of South America? The prospect of a military confrontation has emerged in recent weeks as Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has ...

Not long ago, few people believed it was possible to build a road bridge across the Huajiang Grand Canyon in China’s mountainous Guizhou Province. The gorge is deep, the river below unpredictable, and ...

Kimtse Kimo Castello cleans his equipment at his small barber shop in Port Kaituma, Guyana - Copyright GETTY IMAGES/AFP GEORGE FREY Kimtse Kimo Castello cleans his ...

The United States announced joint military flight drills in Guyana on Thursday as tensions over a contested oil-rich region with neighbor Venezuela prompted the U.N. Security Council to call an urgent ...

Venezuelan electoral authorities on Sunday claimed that 95 percent of voters in a nonbinding referendum approved of the nation's territorial claim on a huge chunk of neighboring oil-rich Guyana.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana’s government Saturday formally protested to Venezuela following the completion by Venezuela’s armed forces of a bridge built on a remote river island shared by both ...

The discovery of a "giant" Arapaima among the freshwater fish of the Essequibo River Basin could have implications for ongoing ecotourism efforts of local Guyanese communities. A new study published ...

SURAMA, Guyana — Congregants of an Anglican church in a sparsely populated rainforest village in Guyana gathered recently to bid on a bounty of bananas, squash and other produce during a community ...

It is an age-old feud that dates back to the 1800s when British possession of the Guianas began. The present-day iteration of the Venezuela/Guyana border dispute, however, has higher stakes, thanks to ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana's defense chief warned on Wednesday that any residents who participate in upcoming elections organized by neighboring Venezuela over a disputed region will be charged with ...