Venezuela-Guyana tensions soar, US mounts military exercises

The United States announced joint military flight drills in Guyana on Thursday as soaring tensions over a contested oil-rich region with neighbor Venezuela prompted the UN Security Council to call an urgent meeting. A border feud has been spiraling over the Essequibo region administered by Guyana for over a century but also claimed by Venezuela, which […]

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