Guyana is not backing down. In a recent report, Guyana has submitted a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a bid to dismiss Venezuela’s longstanding claim to Essequibo, which has recently been found to have huge deposits of oil. Citing Guyana’s foreign minister, the report said that the Caribbean nation “now looks […]
A dissident former leader of Colombia’s Farc rebels has been killed in an ambush in Venezuela, local media reported last Sunday. Hernán Darío Velásquez, nicknamed El Paisa, was reportedly shot dead in Venezuela’s Apure state. His death has not been officially confirmed and the Colombian army said it had no knowledge of the killing. Local […]
Venezuelan opposition politician Freddy Guevara has been released from jail two days after the government of President Nicolás Maduro and opposition representatives met in Mexico. Mr Guevara had been arrested in July and charged with treason and terrorism. The release of political prisoners was one of the demands made by the opposition at the […]
Mexico will host a new round of talks between Venezuela’s government and opposition with Norway mediating, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday. Without providing more details, López Obrador said Mexico offered to be the site of talks expected to begin Aug. 13 between representatives of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and the opposition. “We accept […]
Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas soared out to 15.67 metres on last Sunday to smash the world record with her final attempt, as she became the first woman Olympic champion in her country’s history. A charismatic presence throughout, Rojas began with a brilliant jump of 15.41m that took her 2cm beyond the Olympic record set […]
GEORGETOWN – Guyana said on Saturday that a Venezuelan navy vessel detained two vessels that were fishing in Guyana’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the latest dispute in a long-running border conflict between the two South American nations. (Exclusive Economic Zones, or EEZs, are maritime areas in which countries have special rights with regards to the […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) said on Tuesday that it was “deeply disappointed and concerned” by Venezuela’s announcement of a plan to establish a new territory in the area over which it is embroiled in a dispute with Guyana. In a statement issued as CARICOM leaders met virtually for their 13th Special Emergency […]
CARACAS, Venezuela – The Venezuelan government said on Sunday it had found 14 bodies after a ship carrying migrants bound for Trinidad and Tobago was wrecked en route. The government said in a statement that eleven bodies were found by a Coast Guard patrol on Saturday afternoon, and “today, following up on the events that […]
WASHINGTON – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries were divided on the issue of “free and fair” elections in Venezuela, with The Bahamas, Haiti, Jamaica, and St Lucia all voting in favor of the resolution tabled at the 50th General assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) that ended here last week. Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, […]
CARACAS, Venezuela— Venezuela has renewed its position that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) does not have the jurisdiction to hear the border dispute with Guyana and urged Georgetown to renew negotiations between themselves on the matter. The date set aside for the start of public hearings into whether the ICJ has jurisdiction to hear […]
