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The U.S. said it would conduct joint military flight drills in Guyana on Thursday amid rising tensions with Venezuela over a disputed Guyanese territory that's rich in oil.

While the Maduro administration is carrying out an entirely reactionary policy, US imperialism has been the main player stoking up tensions in recent years.

Tensions rose between Venezuela and Guyana on Tuesday as Caracas proposed a bill to create a Venezuelan province in a disputed oil-rich region and ordered the state oil company to

Calls mounted Thursday for calm to prevail as Venezuela said it saw a "provocation" in joint US-Guyana military exercises and vowed to pursue the "recovery" of an oil-rich region both

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting at Guyana’s request on Venezuela’s claim to a vast oil-rich region called Essequibo.

The United States, through National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, urged the sides to find a diplomatic solution to the territorial dispute, saying "we dont want to see this come to blows."

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Calls mounted Thursday for calm to prevail as Venezuela said it saw a provocation in joint US-Guyana military exercises and vowed to pursue the recovery of an oil-rich region both neighbors claim as their own.

The discovery of vast oil deposits is blamed for reigniting a decades-old territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana that fast worsened as Guyana started granting licenses to multinationals to exploit crude in waters claimed by both countries.- Can Venezuela issue oil licenses?  

A longstanding territorial dispute could flare into open confrontation in South America.

Georgetown, Guyana: World leaders called for calm Thursday asVenezueladecried joint US Guyana military exercises as a provocation and vowed to push...