Venezuela Moves Substantial Troops to Guyana Border, Report Says
- Report presents satellite images from mid-March to late April
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A member of a militia group stands guard at a polling station during the referendum on Venezuelan control over the Essequibo region of Guyana, in Caracas in Dec. 2023.
Photographer: Pedro Rances Mattey/AFP/Getty ImagesVenezuela’s armed forces have moved “substantial quantities” of personnel and equipment near the disputed Essequibo region that’s controlled by Guyana, a Washington-based think tank reports, potentially escalating tensions ahead of presidential elections.
The report published Tuesday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies presents updated satellite images from mid-March to late April as evidence that Venezuela has sustained construction and expansion of a military base near Anacoco Island on the border with Guyana.