U.N. council seat adds twist to Guyana-Venezuela tensions
Guyana, an impoverished former British colony, controls the Essequibo region and the $1 billion a year it generates.
Geneva Agreement 1966
The Geneva Agreement of 1966 is a treaty between Venezuela and the U.K. that sought to resolve the territorial dispute over the Essequibo region. The agreement's Mixed Commission failed to resolve the dispute, which remains ongoing between Venezuela and independent Guyana.
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ICJ steps into Guyana-Venezuela border dispute
ICJ ruled it has jurisdiction to settle a border dispute going back to colonial-era claims over a resources-rich jungle region between Guyana and Venezuela.