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July 9, 2025

What’s the State of Venezuela-Guyana Tensions?

Guyana has said it is advancing its military capability amid tensions with neighboring Venezuela. Guyana’s capital, Georgetown, is pictured. // File Photo: Overflightstock via Adobe Stock.

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  • Guyana is advancing its military capacities with new surveillance technology, Brigadier Omar Khan, chief of staff of the Guyana Defence Force, announced on June 24. Khan’s comments came amid escalating tensions between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region, which Guyana controls but Venezuela claims; the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro swore in a governor of the disputed territory after regional elections in May. How have diplomatic tensions between Venezuela and Guyana evolved since the May 25 elections in Venezuela? How likely is an open military conflict between Venezuela and Guyana over the Essequibo region, and how would it play out? What role should multilateral organizations, including the Organization of American States, play in mediating tensions between the two countries?

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R. Evan Ellis, Latin America research professor at the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute: “With the assistance of the United States and others, and with new oil resources, Guyana’s continued strengthening of its security forces supports its sovereign responsibility to exert state control over national territory. That includes maritime domain awareness, especially since petroleum operations are key contributors to national wealth. Sovereign control over land inherently includes the Essequibo region, recognized as part of Guyana by the 1899 Paris arbitration decision, until changed by authoritative international legal action, such as the case currently before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Whatever the legal merits of Venezuela’s claim, its current unilateral actions, including…”

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