Venezuelans on Sunday for the first time elected a governor and other lawmakers for Essequibo, an oil-rich region that ...

In Sunday’s election, President Nicolás Maduro has called to elect a governor of Essequibo — a region that actually belongs ...

This article is part of a three-part investigation, “Is Venezuela Using Criminals to Provoke Guyana?” InSight Crime spent a year analyzing how organized crime has penetrated Essequibo ...

A series of cross-border attacks on Guyanese troops, including three on May 15, points to a potential Venezuelan strategy of ...

Venezuela elected officials on Sunday for the first time for Essequibo region, an oil-rich territory that Caracas claims from ...

“The United States rejects all attempts by Nicolas Maduro and his illegitimate regime to undermine Guyana’s territorial integrity, including this latest sham election in the Essequibo region ...

There were no polling stations in the 160,000-square-kilometer territory of (62,000-square-mile) Essequibo, which is administered by Guyana. “Today, Essequibo has a governor,” Venezuelan ...

However, it does not have the ability to hold credible elections in the Essequibo. This is in Guyana’s sovereign territory. It will therefore have to engage in some kind of political legerdemain ...

Venezuela’s ruling party has claimed victory in regional and parliamentary elections that were boycotted by the opposition.