The Essequibo River was then considered the border between the Spanish colony and British Guyana. After Venezuela became independent, came the gold rush. British explorers and settlers made ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana ... river island shared by both countries. Work on the bridge, which links Venezuela’s mainland to a military base, has caused a decades-old row over border lines in the ...

The map in this story was amended to show other disputed areas. The presidents of Venezuela and Guyana pledged after direct talks not to resort to force to settle a long-simmering – and recently ...