Guyana, Venezuela presidents to discuss dispute over bordering oil-rich region on Thursday
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Key FactsVenezuelan, Guyanese Presidents to Meet Over Dispute in Oil-Rich Essequibo Region
Dec 10, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- Nicolas Maduro and Irfaan Ali to discuss growing dispute over oil-rich Essequibo, despite international warnings against escalation.
- Tension has risen over Essequibo since Venezuela's controversial referendum, where 95% voted for Venezuela's ownership.
- Guyana has administered Essequibo for over a century, especially since ExxonMobil discovered oil in the region in 2015.
- Maduro has taken legal steps to create a Venezuelan province in Essequibo and ordered the state oil company to issue licenses for oil extraction.
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- Venezuelans voted overwhelmingly to approve the takeover of an oil-rich region in Guyana, escalating a long-standing territorial dispute.
- The area in question, the densely forested Essequibo region, comprises about two-thirds of Guyana’s national territory and is roughly the size of Florida.
- The referendum aimed to create a Venezuelan state in the Essequibo region, provide its population with Venezuelan citizenship, and incorporate that state into the map of Venezuelan territory.
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