A military helicopter with seven occupants disappeared near Guyana's Venezuela border on Wednesday. Authorities cite adverse weather conditions, emphasizing no indication of hostile fire amid escalating tensions between the two countries.
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro instructs oil companies to issue extraction licenses in the oil-rich Essequibo region of neighboring Guyana, escalating tensions and reviving a longstanding territorial dispute between the two countries.
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro's obsession with annexing the Essequibo region of Guyana has led to a referendum on declaring it as part of the country's territory.
Guyana us escalating its dispute with its neighbor, Venezuela, to the International Court of Justice, the highest court in the United Nations, over a massive piece of jungle territory.
There are still pirates in the Caribbean, as shown in a recent case heard by a court in Guyana. The trial resulted in the Guyanese court sentencing two men to their deaths over the killings of seven fishermen in a case of high-seas piracy.
The Guyanese culture is a mixture of Amerindian, Nepalese, Indian, Chinese, and African influences. Guyana has also been touched by Western influences, such as British, Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish.
A 3.4 million Guyanese dollar or nearly US$17,000 worth of cocaine was found in five sealed brown envelopes with Christmas cards at a post office in Guyana.
Urban areas with large Hispanic populations tend to draw more Hispanic vacationers, compared to other destinations in the U.S. And when traveling abroad, Hispanics like to go where they have a semblance of kinship and relative roots.