Page 57 - Pdvsa News Today

Guyana's president tells The Associated Press his country is taking every necessary step to protect itself from Venezuela, which has ordered its state-owned companies to explore and exploit oil and minerals in Guyana’s vast Essequibo region that it considers its own.

Via a law announced Tuesday, Venezuela will create a new province or state in the disputed territory, having already appointed a single provisional authority: Major-General Alexis Rodríguez Cabello

Tensions between neighbors Venezuela and Guyana have ratcheted up in recent weeks over a long-running territorial dispute. At issue is a 160,000-square-km (62,000-square-mile) border territory around the Esequibo river, which is mostly jungle, and an offshore area where massive discoveries of oil and gas have been made. Both countries claim ownership of the territory, which is sparsely populated and whose much-disputed border was agreed under a 1899 decision when Guyana was still part of the B...

Latest Virgin Islands (BVI) News on local community, politics, finance/business, culture and sports.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he would authorize oil exploration in an area subject to a dispute with Guyana,…

Guyana's president said the country will take necessary steps to protect itself after Venezuela claimed its citizens voted for a measure that would give it control of a resource-rich disputed territory.

Guyana's president tells the Associated Press his country is taking every necessary step to protect itself from Venezuela over disputed area.

A geopolitical storm is brewing, propelled by Venezuela's authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro. The disputed Essequibo territory, a longstanding flashpoint between Venezuela and Guyana, now has two proxies: Russia and Colombia.

Breaking news, live coverage, investigations, analysis, video, photos and opinions from The Washington Post. Subscribe for the latest on U.S. and international news, politics, business, technology, climate change, health and wellness, sports, science, weather, lifestyle and more.

By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON (Reuters) -Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has assigned loading windows this month to two vessels bound for India under ...