In Sunday’s election, President Nicolás Maduro has called to elect a governor of Essequibo — a region that actually belongs to neighboring Guyana. By Genevieve Glatsky On Sunday, Venezuela ...

A burst of gunfire shattered the stillness along the Cuyuní River when soldiers from the Guyana Defense Force came under ...

The State Department says elections called by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to elect a governor and legislators for the ...

Venezuelan organized crime has taken root in the Essequibo region as Venezuela escalates claims to this Guyanese territory.

There will be three more qualifying periods this year — in September, October, and November — jammed into a crowded calendar ...

Colombian troops gunned down alias El Viejo, an alleged leader of the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal gang stemming ...

Venezuelans on Sunday for the first time elected a governor and other lawmakers for Essequibo, an oil-rich region that Venezuela has laid claim to even though it is widely recognized as being part of ...

Instead its “governor” was chosen by a few voters in Venezuela’s Bolívar state, across the border. When the new legislative ...

Voters are heading to the polls to elect parliamentarians and local governors amid calls from the opposition to boycott the elections. The governor of the disputed Guayana Esequiba region is also up ...

But Venezuela's neighbour Guyana, a former British colony, has administered the region for over a century. It claims Essequibo as its own. As Venezuela prepares for parliamentary and regional ...