As a response, Guyana is raising the alert and appealing ... He publicized the formation of a military zone adjacent to the Essequibo River and exhibited a map that incorporates a segment of ...

Essequibo has long been denoted on Venezuelan maps as a “reclamation zone”. The 160.000sq kms region is equivalent to two thirds of Guyana's territory. Unasur (Union of South American Nations ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP) -- Guyana on Thursday sought relief from the UN's highest court after Venezuela said it would hold elections in the oil-rich Essequibo border region that both neighbours ...

The region known as Essequibo is two-thirds of western Guyana and is a jungle area habited by about 250,000 people. The dispute originates from a 19th-century map that attributed this region to ...