Tensions over Essequibo region resurface as Venezuela completes a bridge to a disputed border base (Guyana V Venezuela)

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1. interestingly, it seems Venezuela was or is on the verge of invading and annexing part of Guyana, for the oil

   From article

   Last year, Venezuelan president [Nicolas Maduro](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/nicolas-maduro) threatened to annex the region by force, following a referendum in which Venezuelan voters were asked if the Essequibo should be turned into a Venezuelan state. But Caribbean leaders, Brazil and the U.N. organized an emergency summit between the presidents of both nations on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, where they agreed to resolve the dispute though peaceful means, and to avoid taking actions that would raise tensions.

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