Guyana has pledged to crack down on gold smuggled across the border from neighboring Venezuela at the urging of the U.S.

PRESIDENT Dr Irfaan Ali has reaffirmed Guyana’s commitment to expanding defence co-operation with the United States (U.S.), ...

The government of Guyana has taken steps to block Venezuelan gold from being smuggled into the country to help finance the ...

Guyana is perhaps best-known in the United States as the site of the 1978 murder-suicide of more than 900 people linked to the California-based Peoples Temple cult and its wayward leader, Jim Jones.

Venezuela says Guyana does not have the right to grant concessions for drilling in the offshore reserves and has called Guyana a tool of ExxonMobil. “ExxonMobil owns the government of Guyana.

The Essequibo River flows through Kurupukari crossing in Guyana on November 19, 2023. Venezuela has long claimed Guyana's Essequibo region, a territory larger than Greece and rich in oil and minerals.

When Guyana gained independence from Britain in 1966, its new government agreed with Venezuela that a joint border commission would resolve the dispute. But the sides did not reach an understanding.

Faced with mounting aggression from Venezuela, Guyana should focus on developing cheap capabilities and expanding conventional ground forces.

Guyana’s Foreign Ministry lodged a formal protest with Venezuela, demanding an investigation and accountability, referencing a similar incident on Feb. 17, 2025, in which 6 GDF soldiers were ...

President Dr Irfaan Ali on Friday night committed to putting the necessary measures in place to curb Venezuelan gold from being smuggled into Guyana. This comes after Guyana received a warning from ...

Venezuela has 200 Russian-built T-72 tanks and BMP-3 armored vehicles, plus Chinese ZBD 05/VN-18 armored fighting vehicles (VBC Fuz) and ZTD 05/VN-16 light tanks, in addition to 80 modernized ...