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Caracas (AFP) - A Guyanese army helicopter with seven people on board was reported missing Wednesday near the border with Venezuela, an official said, as tensions between the two neighbors soar over a disputed oil-rich territory. Guyanese Army Chief of Staff Omar Khan told a press conference that contact had been lost with the helicopter shortly after takeoff in bad weather, adding he had "no information to suggest that" Venezuela had been involved. The report of the missing aircraft added to a fast-escalating border feud over the oil-rich Essequibo region, controlled by Guyana for more than a...
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Washington (AFP) - The White House expressed concern Wednesday at mounting tensions between Venezuela and Guyana over a disputed, oil-rich border region, saying it wants them to avoid any "violence" or "conflict." "It's concerning, we're watching this very, very, very closely," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters when asked about the situation between the neighboring countries. "We obviously don't want to see any violence occur here or conflict occur." Venezuela held a controversial referendum on Sunday on the fate of the Essequibo region -- or Esequiba as it is known...
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Washington (AFP) - Mike Pompeo on Thursday becomes the first US secretary of state to visit Guyana and Suriname as the discovery of oil fuels a sudden new interest in the small South American nations.The stops come at the start of a three-day tour that will also take Pompeo to Colombia and the Amazonian border areas of Brazil, part of his campaign to highlight the economic devastation in Nicolas Maduro's Venezuela.Pompeo will meet freshly elected leaders in Guyana and Suriname, which are also being courted by China as the two nations -- underdeveloped and with sharp ethnic faultlines -- seek a...
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