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.

Given the country’s progress and global standing, the President also emphasised that leadership must not fall into the hands ...

Reports in Guyana last week claimed that gold mined by Venezuelan state mining company Minerven is being sold across the border and mixed into Guyanese exports. Local authorities reportedly seized ...

The government of Guyana has taken steps to block Venezuelan gold from being smuggled into the country to help finance the ...

Caracas, February 22, 2025 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Venezuelan government has condemned its Guyanese counterpart for spreading a “false and ill-intentioned narrative” concerning an armed clash in ...

Environmental studies and Latin American and Latino studies major Chris Mathura won the dean's award for his research ...

The Essequibo River flows through Kurupukari crossing in Guyana on November 19, 2023. Venezuela has long claimed Guyana's Essequibo region, a territory larger than Greece and rich in oil and minerals.

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

Venezuela's Bolivarian regime has built a bridge reaffirming its sovereignty claims over Guyana Essequiba. The provisional structure will allow the arrival of heavier machinery for the definitive ...

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.

And on the matter of Guyana’s border controversy with Venezuela, But Dr. Barnett also reaffirmed CARICOM’s steadfast support for Guyana’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the matter ...