But the rapid succession of assaults has fueled mounting fears that the regime of Nicolás Maduro is using criminal proxies to ...

The area is currently administered by Guyana and claimed by Venezuela in a long-standing dispute being mediated by the ...

Venezuelan organized crime has taken root in the Essequibo region as Venezuela escalates claims to this Guyanese territory.

InSight Crime spent a year analyzing how organized crime has penetrated Essequibo, the dense Amazon jungle region in Guyana claimed by Venezuela. The river is tranquil – a brown ribbon that ...

They found evidence that Guyana’s remote Essequibo region had become a far more significant cocaine transit area than previously imagined. *This article is part of a three-part investigation, “Is ...

A series of cross-border attacks on Guyanese troops, including three on May 15, points to a potential Venezuelan strategy of ...

THE community of Queenstown, Region Two, has again been plunged into mourning following the death of another resident, Kevin Bacchus, who lost control of the ...

On May 2nd, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Venezuela must not hold elections in Essequibo, as it has committed to doing on the 25th of May, the day before the celebration of ...

That region was Essequibo, a 160,000-square-kilometre (62,000-square-mile) area rich with jungles, rivers and mountains, not to mention resources like oil and gold. “It always appeared as a ...

In Sunday’s election, President Nicolás Maduro has called to elect a governor of Essequibo — a region that actually belongs to neighboring Guyana. By Genevieve Glatsky On Sunday, Venezuela ...

Venezuela’s ruling party has claimed victory in regional and parliamentary elections that were boycotted by the opposition.