President Nicolás Maduro has ordered Venezuela’s armed forces to conduct defensive exercises in the Eastern Caribbean after the United Kingdom announced it would send a warship to Guyana’s territorial waters during a border dispute between the South Am… Source: Venezuela will hold military exercises off its shores as a British warship heads to Guyana Category: […]
It follows tensions over the oil-rich Essequibo region, which Guayana administers but Caracas claims. Source: Venezuela to hold military drills after UK sends warship to Guyana
By The Associated Press Venezuela and Guyana are currently involved in a border dispute over a sparsely populated region the size of Florida with vast oil deposits off its shores. (Image credit: Matias Delacroix/AP) Source: Venezuela plans military exercises in Caribbean as a British warship heads to Guyana