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China's government bristles at growing ties between the US and oil-rich Guyana

China’s government is bristling at the strengthening ties between Guyana and the United States in online comments after a visit to the South American country by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio

The Independent UK

Marco Rubio Offers U.S. Security to Oil-Rich Guyana as Border Dispute With Venezuela Escalates

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reaffirmed the United States' commitment to Guyana's security as tensions with Venezuela have continued to escalate

Latin Times

Rubio Offers US Security For Oil-rich Guyana As Venezuela Looms

Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads Thursday to Guyana to offer to put the newly oil-rich nation under the US security umbrella as neighboring Venezuela asserts claims.

International Business Times

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Rubio To Look At New Path On Haiti On Caribbean Trip

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads Wednesday to the Caribbean looking for ways forward on violence-torn Haiti and to show support for oil-rich Guyana in its dispute with Venezuela.

International Business Times

Guyana triggers military response after Venezuelan vessel enters its waters

Guyanese president says Venezuelan coastguard patrol approached oil facility in latest incident in longstanding feud between the two nations

The Guardian - UK

Guyana's president denounces Venezuelan incursion in offshore oil field operated by ExxonMobil

Guyana’s president has denounced an incursion by an armed Venezuelan naval vessel in disputed waters and home to a mammoth offshore oil deposit being developed by ExxonMobil

The Independent UK

Awash in oil money, Guyana promises cash, free tuition and other perks ahead of election

The president of Guyana has announced several perks ahead of next year’s general elections, including free college tuition and a one-time cash payment of nearly $1,000 for every household in the oil-rich South American country

The Independent UK

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Caribbean leaders need to stop taking it on the chin and unite to defy condescending west

The president of Guyana’s scolding of a BBC reporter struck a chord with many who feel silenced by western dominance and the legacy of economic violence

The Guardian - UK

Venezuela Says US Building 'Secret' Bases In Disputed Essequibo

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday accused the United States of building "secret military bases" in Essequibo, an oil-rich region of Guyana that Caracas claims as its territory.

International Business Times

Venezuela MPs Approve Creation Of State In Disputed Essequibo

Venezuela's parliament has approved a law creating a federal state in the disputed oil-rich area of Essequibo across the border in Guyana, which on Friday slammed a "flagrant violation" of its sovereignty.

International Business Times

Haiti PM Agrees To Leave In Regional Push To End Crisis

Caribbean nations secured Ariel Henry's resignation at an emergency meeting in Jamaica.

Latin Times

Haiti's prime minister says he'll resign once a transitional council is created

Ariel Henry, Haiti's de facto leader, agreed to resign once a transitional presidential council is installed and interim prime minister named. The Caribbean bloc of nations brokered the deal.

WEKU

Haiti PM Has Agreed To Resign: Guyana President, US Official

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has agreed to resign and make way for a transitional authority, the president of Guyana and a US official said Monday after a regional meeting on a gang uprising that has plunged Haiti into violent chaos.

International Business Times

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns after Jamaica talks

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has tendered his resignation as head of the Caribbean nation, the leader of a regional body said on Monday, an unelected role the 74-year-old neurosurgeon held since 2021.

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International Business Times

In Relaxed Encounter, Leaders Of Venezuela, Guyana Exchange Gifts

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali said Friday that his country wants to remain at peace with neighboring Venezuela amid a century-old dispute over sovereignty of the Essequibo region, which flared up late last year.

Latin Times

Venezuela-Guyana Tensions Subside With Gestures to Ease the Crisis From Both Sides

Guyana won't approve oil exploration in waters near Venezuela at least until a UN court ruling on the matter, while Maduro publicly praised his counterpart

Latin Times

Venezuela Escalates Threat to Guyana with Beefed-Up Military Presence in the Essequibo

Satellite images show heightened activity despite an agreement between Maduro and Guyanese President Ali, who denounced the use of force

International Business Times

Top Venezuela, Guyana Diplomats To Discuss Border Dispute

The foreign ministers of Guyana and Venezuela are due to meet on Thursday in Brazil to discuss the simmering crisis on their border over a disputed oil-rich region.

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The Independent UK

Guyana rejects quest for US military base as territorial dispute with Venezuela deepens

Attorney General Anil Nandlall tells The Associated Press that Guyana’s government has reassured neighboring Venezuela there is no plan for the U.S. to establish a military base in the South American country and that it has not made a formal request for one

The Independent UK

Brazil expresses concern over Venezuela-Guyana border dispute as naval exercises begin in area

Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is concerned about a border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana that intensified this week following Britain’s decision to send a warship to Guyana’s shores

International Business Times

British Warship In Guyana Waters, Fanning Tensions With Venezuela

A British warship arrived off the coast of Guyana on Friday, further fueling tensions over a territorial dispute with Venezuela, which has launched a major military exercise in response to what it termed an "unacceptable" threat.

Latin Times

Venezuela, Guyana Agree Not To 'Use Force' To Settle Land Dispute

Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and Guyana's Irfaan Ali shook hands after a two-hour meeting on the Caribbean island nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

International Business Times

Venezuela, Guyana Leaders Meet To 'De-escalate' Tensions

The presidents of Venezuela and Guyana met Thursday in the Caribbean for talks that analysts said could "de-escalate" tensions but would do little to resolve their countries' long-standing -- and now reheating -- territorial dispute.

The Independent UK

Guyana and Venezuela leaders to meet face-to-face as region pushes to defuse territorial dispute

The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela are scheduled to meet face-to-face as regional partners urgently seek to defuse a long-standing territorial dispute that has escalated after Venezuelans voted in a referendum to claim two-thirds of their small neighbor

The Independent UK

ExxonMobil says it will stay in Guyana for the long term despite territorial dispute with Venezuela

Oil giant ExxonMobil says it will keep ramping up production in offshore Guyana despite the escalation of a territorial dispute with neighboring Venezuela, which claims that oil-rich region as its own

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