Tag: Esequibo

• Monday, May 11th 2026 - 14:42 UTC

  Delcy Rodríguez defends Essequibo claim at The Hague under temporary EU sanctions waiver

  

  Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday to defend her country's claim to the Essequibo, the border region disputed with Guyana, before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The trip, authorized under a specific waiver to the European Union sanctions imposed on her, marks her first major international journey outside the Caribbean since the capture of President Nicolás Maduro by US forces in January, which paved the way for her to assume office as interim leader.

• Saturday, May 3rd 2025 - 07:55 UTC

  Maduro ignores ruling from UN court in new attempt to take over Guyana´s Esequibo region

  

  The government of Venezuela aggressively rejected a ruling from the UN International Court of Justice ordering Caracas to refrain from holding elections for officials who supposedly would oversee the resource-rich disputed region of Esequibo in neighboring Guyana.

• Tuesday, December 26th 2023 - 07:09 UTC

  UK sends HMS Trent in support of Guyana

  

  The Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel HMS Trent has been dispatched to Guyana in a show of British support for the Commonwealth nation. Guyana is suffering threats of invasion and land grabbing by neighboring Venezuela which claims some two-thirds of the former British colony's territory.

• Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 20:14 UTC

  Venezuela ignores UN ICJ ruling and will go ahead with a referendum on Guyana's Esequibo

  

  Venezuela will press on with a weekend referendum over the fate of a vast disputed area in the Esequibo region it claims, disputing neighboring Guyana's jurisdiction, despite the UN International Court of Justice, ICJ, Friday ruling urging restraint in the dispute.

• Friday, December 1st 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Will Maduro attempt to take over Guyana's Esequibo? Brazil sends troops to the area

  

  Brazil announced “intensified defensive actions” along its northern border fearing a possible invasion of Guyana by the dictatorial regime of President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. This Friday the UN International Court is expected to halt a referendum, on a disputed area between the two neighbors, which is seen as “an exercise in forced annexation” by Venezuela.

• Wednesday, November 8th 2023 - 18:43 UTC

  Guyana asks The Hague court to stop Venezuelan referendum on the annexation of half of its territory

  

  Guyana has asked the UN's highest court to stop a Venezuelan referendum on the annexation of the Esequibo, half of its territory and its oil-rich offshore, a claim going back to colonial times.

• Friday, April 7th 2023 - 10:07 UTC

  New ICJ ruling against Venezuela in Essequibo case

  

  The Venezuelan administration of President Nicolás Maduro was dealt another international setback Thursday when the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday turned down new objections filed by Caracas regarding the territorial dispute with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo.

• Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 09:54 UTC

  Guyana and United States sign defense and cooperation agreement

  

  Guyana and the Unites States have signed a new pact aimed at boosting the South American CARICOM nation’s military might. It comes following a decree issued by embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, unilaterally laying claim to Guyana’s Essequibo territory.

• Tuesday, January 12th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  US openly supports Guyana: joint coast guard exercise and visit of top Navy commander

  

  The United States is doubling its support for Guyana in the territorial dispute with Venezuela, another flank in Washington's campaign to force Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro out of power.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:02 UTC

  Guyana Venezuela territorial dispute at the Court of Justice, but Caracas denies The Hague jurisdiction to rule

  

  The United Nations’ top court held its first virtual hearing on Tuesday, taking up a 120-year-old territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela. Guyana made its arguments as to why the International Court of Justice has jurisdiction in the border dispute, which calls into question the ownership of more than half of the ex British colony.