Brazil deploys troop to its Venezuelan border
Brazil has deployed troops to its border with Venezuela after Caracas announced plans to make an oil-rich region of Guyana its own.
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Brazil has deployed troops to its border with Venezuela after Caracas announced plans to make an oil-rich region of Guyana its own.
Guyana's president told The Associated Press on Wednesday that his country is taking every necessary step to protect itself from Venezuela.
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro instructs oil companies to issue extraction licenses in the oil-rich Essequibo region of neighboring Guyana, escalating tensions and reviving a longstanding territorial dispute between the two countries.
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.In New York, the UN Security Council will meet behind closed doors Friday to discuss the tensions, according to an updated official schedule.
With Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro vowing to annex the oil-rich territory of Guyana and his troops massing on the nation's border, there are growing fears that an invasion of the country is imminent.