Essequibo is larger than Greece and rich in minerals. It also gives access to an area of the Atlantic where energy giant ExxonMobil discovered oil in commercial quantities in 2015, drawing the ...

The leaders of Venezuela and Guyana said Thursday that they would not use force against each other amid a dispute over an oil-rich piece of Guyanese land and agreed to create a joint commission to ...

Venezuelan government announced it will not recognize any decision by the International Court of Justice on the dispute with ...

A colonial-era dispute The standing borders of the Essequibo date to an 1899 ruling by an international tribune in Paris, which granted what was then known as British Guiana most of the land ...

Chairman of the Special Commission for the Defense of Guyana Essequibo Hermann Escarra, stands next to Venezuela's new map that includes the Essequibo territory, a swath of land that is ...

Following the vote, Maduro unveiled an expansive blueprint for a new Venezuelan state of Essequibo, ordered Venezuela’s state energy and mineral concerns to begin preparations to work there, and ...

THE Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Monday, August 11, 2025, intercepted a vehicle along the Parika Public Road, East Bank Essequibo (EBD), seizing a ...

TWO respected Muslim scholars from Region Two, Shaykh Faoud Mohamed and Moulana Yunus McLennan, have publicly endorsed President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali for a ...

The Essequibo region represents two-thirds of Guyana and is rich in gold, diamonds, timber and other natural resources. It also is located close to massive offshore oil deposits, with current ...

Defending champion Essequibo thumped Demerara by seven wickets when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) U-13 Inter-County Championship commenced yesterday. Staged at the Affiance Ground in Essequibo ...

Work on the bridge, which links Venezuela’s mainland to a military base, has caused a decades-old row over border lines in the Essequibo region to flare up again.