![Guyana has warned of a land and energy grab by Venezuela.](/content/images/size/w1304/2023/12/photo-1595793822823-054c2b603dc4.jpeg)
U.N. council seat adds twist to Guyana-Venezuela tensions
Guyana, an impoverished former British colony, controls the Essequibo region and the US$1 billion a year it generates.
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Guyana, an impoverished former British colony, controls the Essequibo region and the US$1 billion a year it generates.
ICJ ruled it has jurisdiction to settle a border dispute going back to colonial-era claims over a resources-rich jungle region between Guyana and Venezuela.