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

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.

Exxon, Chevron, and others are increasingly eyeing South America for low-cost, low-emission production as shale basins mature ...

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.

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 article explores Venezuela's use of criminal gangs in its border conflict with Guyana over the mineral-rich Essequibo region.

Dock workers on the shores of the Essequibo River in Parika, Guyana. Most countries and the 125,000 people who live in Essequibo say it belongs to Guyana, not Venezuela.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference with Guyanese President Mohamed Irfaan Ali in Georgetown, Guyana, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (Nathan Howard/Pool photo via AP ...

As foreign investors rush to stake claims in Guyana’s petroleum sector, the United States should act now to position itself ...

Congresswoman Salazar says; emphasises nation must also safeguard its democracy against such persons UNITED States ...

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

Exxon Mobil, leading an oil consortium, has returned a portion of Guyana's Stabroek Block to the government. This move is ...