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Weekly Report - 06 March 2025 (WR-25-09)

VENEZUELA-GUYANA: Tensions rise as Venezuela harasses oil rigs

Tensions are once again boiling over between Venezuela and Guyana, 15 months on from the December 2023 referendum in which Venezuelan voters expressed support for annexing the disputed Essequibo region. On 1 March the Guyanese government stepped up naval patrols after a Venezuelan coastguard vessel entered Guyana’s internationally recognised waters and approached an oil rig operated by the US firm ExxonMobil. This was the second flare-up over the Essequibo in the space of two weeks, after Guyanese soldiers came under fire from suspected Venezuelan gang members on 18 February while patrolling the Cuyuni river in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni region.

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