Guyana ponders judicial action in border dispute with Venezuela

Guyana is considering a number of options to resolve a century-old border controversy with Venezuela, Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett said Tuesday. Rodrigues-Birkett told a news conference that the U.N. Good Officer Process, established more than 20 years ago, has done little to resolve the dispute over Essequibo, a resource-rich area of 167,839 sq. kilometers (64,800 sq. miles) administered by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela. "If, in two decades, you haven't had the kind of progress you would like to see, and you have had additions that complicate that, I think you need to look at the options," she said. More….