This jogged my memory. I recall there was a serious border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela end of last year:
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/what-is-border-dispute-between-venezuela-guyana-2023-12-06/
This area was ruled Venezuelan in Paris in 1899.
And an update from wiki:
.. On 14 December 2023, Ralph Gonsalves, the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, hosted a meeting of the leaders of Guyana and Venezuela, as an initiative of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, which he currently heads. Officials from the Caribbean Community, Brazil, Colombia and the United Nations also attended. The leaders agreed to not use any force or escalate tension. A joint statement said that both countries will settle the dispute in accordance with international law, despite adding that Venezuela does not recognise the jurisdiction of the ICJ.
In March 2024, Venezuela passed a law that designates Essequibo as a new state of Venezuela, governed from the city of Tumeremo. The law was submitted to the Supreme Court to validate its constitutionality.[6][7]
Further talks in Brazil are expected by April 2024.
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