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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 ...
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]
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.
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 ...
Guyana–Venezuelaterritorial dispute. 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.
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".
Guyana and Venezuela have a long history of debate surrounding their border. In 1897, the matter was taken to international arbitration. [1] Venezuela claimed more than half of the territory of the British colony of Guyana at the time of the Latin American wars of independence. Guyana argues that the boundary between the nations was clarified ...