World Sep 03 Trinidad and Tobago PM celebrates Caribbean strike and says U.S. should kill all drug traffickers ‘violently’ Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister is praising a U.S. strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in the southern Caribbean.
World Sep 01 Guyana holds general election as candidates vie for control of country’s oil In recent years, Guyana has transformed from a country traditionally dependent on gold, sugar, rice, bauxite and timber to one reaping the windfall of nearly 900,000 barrels of oil produced daily.
World Apr 04 Guyana condemns Venezuela for signing into law a referendum approving annexation of disputed region Guyana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs vowed not to yield any land to Venezuela and called the move targeting Guyana's western Essequibo region an "egregious violation of the most fundamental principles of international law."…
World Mar 15 Haitian parties have submitted potential leader names to deciding council, Caribbean officials say Prime Minister Ariel Henry pledged to resign once the council is created.
World Feb 07 ExxonMobil to explore for oil and gas in offshore area under dispute by Guyana and Venezuela The move could escalate tensions between Venezuela and neighboring Guyana, which awarded the exploration license. The area is considered part of Guyana's Essequibo region, but Venezuela has long claimed it as its own.
World Jan 10 Guyana asks U.S. to help boost its military as territorial dispute with Venezuela deepens The announcement follows two days of talks among top Guyanese officials and Daniel P. Erikson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Western Hemisphere who traveled to the South American country to discuss defense and security partnerships.
World Dec 14 Guyana says it refuses to bow to Venezuela in dispute over oil-rich territory The small South American nation of Guyana says it refuses to bow to its larger neighbor Venezuela before the two countries met in the latest chapter of a bitter dispute over an oil and mineral-rich territory claimed by both.
World Dec 14 Guyana and Venezuela leaders meet as Caribbean region pushes to defuse territorial dispute The dispute escalated after Venezuelans voted in a referendum to claim two-thirds of their small neighbor.
World May 22 Fire engulfs boarding school dormitory in Guyana, killing at least 19 students Security advisor Gerald Gouveia said the fire began shortly after midnight at the school that serves children aged 12 through 18, most of them Indigenous. He said it was too early to speculate what might have caused the fire.
Politics Mar 02 Guyana elects leader as vast oil boom dawns Members of the governing multiparty coalition led by retired army general David Granger and supported mainly by descendants of Africans brought to Guyana as slaves say they will be better stewards of the country's newfound wealth. …