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As increased U.S. military aid to Guyana and ExxonMobil's oil exploration in contested waters exacerbate a territorial row between Venezuela and Guyana, satellite images made public on Friday purportedly showed increased Venezuelan military activity near the two countries' disputed border. The Center for Strategic & International Studies , a Washington, D.C.-based foreign policy think tank partly funded by the U.S.
The two countries reaffirmed their commitment to 'peaceful resolution' during a summit in Brazil last month. Venezuela has long claimed Essequibo, a resource-rich region along South America's northeastern coast that makes up around two-thirds of Guyana's territory that in 1899 was awarded by U.S., British, and Russian arbitrators to what was then the colony of British Guyana.
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