INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Guyana has ceased negotiations with Venezuela over the Esequibo region, awaiting the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict.The
leaders in Guyana made an announcement
Venezuela wants a vote to make the disputed land theirs.Phillips trusts the court to make a fair choice
He says the Esequibo should stay with Guyana.He believes that finding oil and gas made Venezuela want the land more
Do they want to join a country or be on their own?BackgroundThe Esequibo has been argued over since the 1800s
A decision in 1899 set the borders, but Venezuela disagreed.Venezuela claims longstanding ownership of the resource-rich land, intensifying
the dispute.Guyana became free in 1966 and inherited this problem
Everyone is waiting for the court to decide and end the fight peacefully.
