Guyana to ask Google to remove street names in disputed border region

Guyana intends to ask Google to remove certain street names near its disputed shared border with Venezuela, the foreign minister said. The names, in Spanish, seem to suggest they are part of Venezuela, Carl Greenidge said Monday. "We have to get technical advice to get Google to remedy it. We have to see how Google can be made to be responsible. Maybe they are not aware," he told reporters. Greenidge noted that Google Maps has labeled a major road in the disputed coastal region of Essequibo Av. 100 Bolivar rather than Essequibo Coast Public Road or Anna Regina Public Road, as Guyanese call it. A perpendicular road was labeled Calle 100 Guyana. More…