Venezuela claims the Essequibo region—160,000 square kilometres of rainforest and villages on its eastern border which makes up two-thirds of Guyana—as its own. Its neighbour calls the claim meritless https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2026/05/07/venezuelas-100-year-territorial-dispute-is-back-in-court?taid=69ff924c999f620001573bd1&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante