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A British warship arrives for defence exercises with Guyana as Venezuela launches war games near contested region. Brazil has called for “restraint” as tensions flared in a territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana, with Caracas launching a major military exercise near the contested, oil-rich Essequibo region. “The Brazilian government believes military demonstrations of support to either party should be avoided …

A British warship arrives in Guyana as tensions heat up in border dispute with Venezuela

BOGOTA, Colombia — A British warship arrived in Guyana on Friday afternoon amid rising tensions from a border dispute between the former British colony and Venezuela. Brazil’s statement called on Guyana and Venezuela to stay true to the Argyle Declaration, an agreement signed earlier this month in which their leaders said they would solve the border dispute through nonviolent means. …

Venezuela will hold military exercises off its shores as a British warship heads to Guyana

BOGOTA, Colombia — President Nicolás Maduro ordered Venezuela’s armed forces to conduct defensive exercises in the Eastern Caribbean after the United Kingdom sent a warship toward Guyana’s territorial waters as the South American neighbors dispute a large border region. In a nationally televised address Thursday, Maduro said that 6,000 Venezuelan troops — including air and naval forces — will conduct …

Venezuela plans military exercises in Caribbean as a British warship heads to Guyana

Venezuela plans military exercises in Caribbean as a British warship heads to Guyana Enlarge this image toggle caption Matias Delacroix/AP Matias Delacroix/AP BOGOTA, Colombia — President Nicolás Maduro ordered Venezuela's armed forces to conduct defensive exercises in the Eastern Caribbean after the United Kingdom sent a warship toward Guyana's territorial waters as the South American neighbors dispute a large border …