Guyana asked the International Court of
Justice on Thursday to confirm a 119-year-old arbitral award setting the
location of the country's western boundary with Venezuela, following decades of
unsuccessful negotiations and attempts to settle a controversy that has revived
in recent years following the offshore discovery of oil. The South American
nation's application to the Hague-based court follows a decision by the United
Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to refer the dispute there after
years of stalled talks. More…
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