Aleks Phillips is a Newsweek U.S. News Reporter based in London. His focus is on U.S. politics and the environment. He has covered climate change extensively, as well as healthcare and crime.

Venezuelans voted by a wide margin Sunday to approve the takeover of an oil-rich region in neighboring Guyana – the latest ... that state into the map of Venezuelan territory.” ...

Guyana has claimed the resource-rich region of Essequibo. But so has Venezuela. Will a new election ratchet up tensions?

The area in question, the densely forested and oil-rich Essequibo region, amounts to about two-thirds of Guyana’s national ... Maduro showed a “new map” of Venezuela including the disputed ...

The area in question, the densely forested Essequibo region, amounts to about two-thirds of Guyana’s national territory ... and “incorporating that state into the map of Venezuelan territory?” ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's move to sign into law the results of a recent referendum laying claim to two-thirds of Guyana triggered fierce condemnation ...

In Sunday’s election, President Nicolás Maduro has called to elect a governor of Essequibo — a region ... s one problem. Essequibo is internationally recognized as part of neighboring Guyana ...