Venezuelan lawmaker Pedro Carreno (L) delivers a speech while Venezuelan deputy Diosdado Cabello (R) holds a map showing the border between Venezuela and Guyana during a legislative session in Caracas on Jan. 8, 2019.
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Venezuela's Reach for Guyana's Territory

Dec 8, 2023 | 22:23 GMT

Venezuela is ramping up border operations as it prepares to pursue its territorial claims on Guyana's Essequibo region.

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