A burst of gunfire shattered the stillness along the Cuyuní River when soldiers from the Guyana Defense Force came under ...

The area is currently administered by Guyana and claimed by Venezuela in a long-standing dispute being mediated by the ...

Venezuelan organized crime has taken root in the Essequibo region as Venezuela escalates claims to this Guyanese territory.

The State Department says elections called by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to elect a governor and legislators for the ...

Venezuela elected officials on Sunday for the first time for Essequibo region, an oil-rich territory that Caracas claims from ...

In a significant escalation of the longstanding territorial dispute over the oil ... result in severe consequences for Venezuela. As tensions escalate over Guyana, we are also coming up on a ...

It is unclear how the officials, once elected, plan on running the territory, which Guyana governs. The election is the latest provocation in a long-running territory dispute between Venezuela and ...

A series of cross-border attacks on Guyanese troops, including three on May 15, points to a potential Venezuelan strategy of ...