Latest Territorial disputes News
Tensions are soaring between Guyana and Venezuela over a territorial dispute. Here's what to know
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A century-old territorial dispute deepened by the discovery of oil is boiling over between neighbors Guyana and Venezuela. Steeped in patriotism, the Venezuelan government is seizing on the fight to boost support ahead of a presidential election among a population fed up...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Dec. 1- Dec. 7, 2023 Venezuelans went to the polls to vote on a referendum over disputed territory in neighboring Guyana. Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori was released from prison after a country’s constitutional court ordered an immediate humanitarian release for the...
China says a US Navy ship 'illegally intruded' into waters in the South China Sea
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese military said that an American naval ship had “illegally intruded” on Monday into waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, the site of a hot territorial dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. A Chinese naval force was mobilized...
Slovak leader calls the war between Russia and Ukraine a frozen conflict
PRAGUE (AP) — Slovakia’s new prime minister, Robert Fico, said on Friday he considers the war between Ukraine and Russia a frozen conflict that cannot be solved by sending arms to the Ukrainian armed forces. Fico ended his country’s military aid for Ukraine after his new...
With patriotic reggaeton and videos, Venezuela's government fans territorial dispute with Guyana
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Middle school student Jeanmaikol Castrillo can quickly point out Venezuela on a map and identify what’s around it — the Caribbean Sea and the countries of Colombia, Brazil and Guyana. But the map with which he is familiar differs greatly from those...
Guyana tells UN court that Venezuelan referendum on territorial dispute is an 'existential threat'
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Guyana on Tuesday urged judges at the United Nations' highest court to call for a halt to parts of a Venezuelan referendum about a territorial dispute that Guyana representatives called an "existential threat” designed to pave the way for the annexation of a large...
