A chronology of the Venezuela-Guyana border dispute over the Essequibo

The territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region, which represents two thirds of Guyana's territory, has escalated over the last weeks. Diplomatic tensions between Venezuela and Guyana over the territorial dispute rose in March with the beginning of oil prospecting operations by US oil company ExxonMobil. Guyana signed an agreement worth USD 200 million with the oil company; a move Venezuela has repeatedly rejected, as it argues that such prospecting operations were being made in Venezuelan waters, as reported by Efe. Brief chronology of the history of the diplomatic relations between the two countries. More…