British Warship Deployed to the Coast of Guyana, in Major Escalation of the Dispute Against Venezuela for the Oil-Rich Essequibo Region

HMS Trent.

All over the world, national borders between countries have become the focus of geopolitical tensions, as frontier disputes going back decades or even centuries are reignited.

In South America, the hundred year-old territorial boundaries between Venezuela and Guyana are once again a source of regional tensions.

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Caracas renewed its claims to the 62,000-square-mile Essequibo region, which is internationally recognized as part of Guyana, after 11 billion barrels of recoverable oil and gas were found off the coast of Guyana in recent years.

After Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro held a controversial referendum over the claims for the area,

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