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Venezuela and Guyana Land Dispute
January 1 , 2024
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- Venezuela and Guyana have agreed not to use force or threaten one another in their long-standing dispute over a border region.
- Both countries planned to meet again in Brazil within the next three months to resolve any outstanding issues.
- Venezuela insists Essequibo should be under its control because it was within its borders during the Spanish colonial period.
- But Guyana says a border drawn by international arbitrators in 1899 means it is part of Guyana.
- Guyana argues the controversy should be resolved by the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands.
- While Venezuela says the court does not have jurisdiction.
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