Essequibo

American

[es-i-kwee-boh] / ˌɛs ɪˈkwi boʊ /

noun

a river flowing from S Guyana N to the Atlantic. About 550 miles (885 km) long.

Essequibo British

/ ˌɛsɪˈkwiːbəʊ /

noun

a river in Guyana, rising near the Brazilian border and flowing north to the Atlantic: drains over half of Guyana. Length: 1014 km (630 miles)

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He also hosted a 2023 summit between Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart Irfaan Ali at a time when tensions mounted between the countries over the disputed Essequibo region, which Venezuela claims as its own.

From Barron's

Essequibo has long been known to be resource rich.

From BBC

Which comes not with control of Essequibo's land mass - the size of Greece - but with the offshore ownership rights that come with it.

From BBC

So what happens next in the dispute over Essequibo?

From BBC

Because this is where the swathe of Guyanese territory known as Essequibo - the two-thirds of Guyana that lies west of the Essequibo River - meets the Venezuelan border.

From BBC

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