British Guiana
Britishnoun
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Venezuelan officials also argue that an agreement among Venezuela, Britain and the then colony of British Guiana signed in 1966 to resolve the dispute effectively nullified the original arbitration.
From Seattle Times
Guyana, and British Guiana before it, have administered Essequibo for more than a century.
From BBC
Guyana was formerly known as British Guiana before it secured its independence in 1966.
From BBC
Along Venezuela’s eastern border, anticolonial leaders in what was then British Guiana were agitating for independence.
From New York Times
They also argue that an agreement among Venezuela, Britain and the colony of British Guiana signed in 1966 to resolve the dispute effectively nullified the original arbitration.
From Seattle Times
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