Venezuela interim president arrives in Netherlands for Esequibo region hearing
Venezuela says the court should uphold a 1966 border claim as the dispute over oil-rich Essequibo enters a hearing week, officials said.
- Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez traveled to the Netherlands to defend the country's claim over the Essequibo region at the UN's International Court of Justice .
- Venezuela and Guyana have been disputing the ownership of the Essequibo region, comprising over two-thirds of Guyana's territory, since the 1800s.
- The ICJ hearings, which began on May 4 and will conclude on Monday, aim to rule on the validity of the border between Venezuela and Guyana, established in 1899 under British colonial rule.
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The Toronto Star
Venezuela’s leader to defend her country’s claim over mineral-rich Guyana region before UN court
CARACAS (AP) — Venezuela ’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday where she will defend her country's claim to a mineral- and oil-rich region in western Guyana before the United Nations highest court in a dispute…
Rutland Herald
Venezuela's leader to defend her country's claim over mineral-rich Guyana region before UN court
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has arrived in the Netherlands to defend her country’s claim to a mineral- and oil-rich region in western Guyana before the United Nations highest court in a dispute that has spanned decades. The International Court…
CARACAS.— Venezuela's president-in-charge, Delcy Rodríguez, arrived on Sunday in the Netherlands to participate in the defense of a mineral- and oil-rich territory that is disputed with Guyana at a final hearing that will take place at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), based in The Hague.The ICJ holds a series of hearings among neighboring countries that claim as their own the Esequibo—a continental territory of about 159,500 square kilo…
Delcy Rodríguez Arrives in the Netherlands to Defend Essequibo at the International Court of Justice
Territory rich in gold, diamonds and oil is the subject of dispute between Venezuela and Guyana; final hearing will be held in The Hague
The president in charge of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, arrived this Sunday in the Netherlands to defend her country’s “historical rights” before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, which holds public hearings until May 11 on the dispute between this nation and Guyana over the Esequibo border region. “On behalf of the Venezuelan people, we have come to the Netherlands to defend the majesty and the vigor of the 1966 Geneva Agree…
Despite the EU sanctions that weigh on her, the interim president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, has arrived this Sunday in the Netherlands to support the case that her country has opened at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague for the dispute with Guyana over the border region of the Esequibo , according to Efe. That court has spent the entire week dedicated to that dispute and this Monday holds its last session. Its judges mus…
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