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2023 Guyana–Venezuela crisis. Venezuelan referendum. v. t. e. The long-standing territorial dispute over the Essequibo region escalated into a crisis in 2023. The region is controlled by Guyana but is claimed by Venezuela. The dispute dates back many years and the current border was established by the Paris Arbitral Award in 1899.
The Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region, also known as Esequibo or Guayana Esequiba in Spanish ( Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwaˈʝana eseˈkiβa] ⓘ ), [1] a 159,500 km 2 (61,600 sq mi) area west of the Essequibo River.
Venezuela’s border with Guyana, defined by an international tribunal in 1899, runs over 500 miles of rivers and watersheds from the Atlantic Ocean to a tri-point border at Mount Roraima in Brazil.
Venezuela sets referendum date on territory dispute with Guyana. October 20, 2023 at 4:21 PM. ... It constitutes over two thirds of Guyana's total land mass.
December 17, 2023 at 7:01 PM. A UK minister will stress the Government’s backing for Guyana when he meets the country’s president later, amid a bitter dispute with Venezuela over a vast border ...
2023 Guyana–Venezuela crisis. Venezuelan referendum. v. t. e. A consultative referendum was initiated by the government of Nicolás Maduro regarding Venezuela 's claim over the Guayana Esequiba, whose territory is disputed with, and controlled by, neighboring Guyana. The referendum took place on 3 December 2023 in Venezuela. [1]
The long-standing territorial dispute over the Essequibo region escalated into a crisis in 2023. The region is controlled by Guyana but is claimed by Venezuela. The dispute dates back many years and the current border was established by the Paris Arbitral Award in 1899. Venezuela renewed its claim in 1962 and the matter was referred to the ...
On 6 December 2023, a Bell 412EP helicopter operated by the Guyana Defence Force crashed in western Guyana, killing five out of the seven on board. [1] The crash happened about 30 miles east of Arau near the Venezuelan border. [2] The helicopter carried senior GDF military officers, and was reportedly conducting "border operations".