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Top US diplomat Blinken reaffirms support for Guyana’s sovereignty as Venezuela threatens to annex its Essequibo region. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed Washington’s position that Guyana has full sovereignty over its 159,500sq km Essequibo region, in a call with Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali late on Wednesday. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday called for a bill to create …