The dispute was reignited in 2015 when US oil giant Exxon Mobil found oil deposits off the coast of Essequibo ... to the territory they had during the Colony. Guyana, on the other hand, claims ...

Guyanese authorities have requested the United Nations Security Council to review Venezuela's territorial claims over the oil-rich Essequibo region ... the former British colony since 1899 ...

The Essequibo River was then considered the border between the Spanish colony and British Guyana. After Venezuela became independent, came the gold rush. British explorers and settlers made ...

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. Guyana Foreign Minister Hugh ...