Venezuela moves ahead with plan to annex Guyana's oil-rich Essequibo region

06 Dec 2023, 17:29 by Doug Cunningham · UPI

Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Venezuela will annex oil-rich Essequibo, a disputed territory in Guyana, in an effort to enforce results of a referendum Sunday.

President Nicolás Maduro displayed a new map with the annexed territory during a Tuesday TV appearance and instructed the state oil company to draft a map of exploration and exploitation of resources in the region and issue extraction licenses.