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

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

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

The minister was confident of oil and gas finds though he added it would be premature to speculate on the size of the reserve ...

Venezuela’s autocratic president, Nicolás Maduro, on Sunday staged regional elections across the country — and, controversially, to elect a governor and legislators to represent a disputed ...

By Mathew Cohen Venezuela conducted regional and parliamentary elections on May 25 for a governor and lawmakers to represent Essequibo, an oil-rich region that remains under Guyana's administration ...

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 of ...