Tensions over Essequibo region resurface as Venezuela completes a bridge to a disputed border base

Dec 21, 2024

Guyana's government Saturday formally protested to Venezuela following the completion by Venezuela's armed forces of a bridge built on a remote 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 Essequibo region to flare up again.