Venezuela has long claimed the land, which it argues was within its borders during the Spanish colonial period. It dismisses an 1899 ruling by international arbitrators that set the current ...

Venezuela has claimed Essequibo as its own for decades, arguing that it was within its borders during the Spanish colonial period.

Venezuela has always considered Essequibo as its own because the region was within its boundaries during the Spanish colonial period.

Venezuela insists the region belongs to it because Essequibo was within its boundaries during the Spanish colonial period. Venezuela rejects the border that international arbitrators drew in 1899 ...

Venezuela’s ruling coalition, led by President Nicolas Maduro, ... an oil-rich region that Caracas disputes with Guyana in a colonial-era dispute. ...

Venezuela has long claimed the land, which it argues was within its borders during the Spanish colonial period. It dismisses an 1899 ruling by international arbitrators that set the current ...

Venezuelans on Sunday for the first time elected a governor and other lawmakers for Essequibo, an oil-rich region that Venezuela has laid claim to even though it is widely recognized as being part ...