Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López accused the United States of conspiring to turn the Essequibo into a “spoil of war” for U.S. interests, using regime change as leverage.

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Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said Friday that the dispute with Guyana “is not an armed war, for now. Go out and vote.” He also noted that the Bolivarian National Armed ...