Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered 6,000 troops, including air and naval forces, to conduct defensive exercises off the nation’s eastern coast near the border with Guyana. This comes after the United Kingdom sent a warship, HMS Trent, towards Guyana’s territorial waters. Maduro described the ship’s deployment as a “threat” and argued that it violates a recent agreement between the two South American nations. The dispute between Venezuela and Guyana revolves around the Essequibo region, which has vast oil deposits and has been under Guyana’s control for decades.
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