November 12, 2026

US announces military drills with Guyana following tensions with Venezuela | DW News

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The US says it will conduct joint military flight drills in Guyana, as tensions rise with neighbouring Venezuela over territorial claims. Washington says the exercises are routine but reiterated what it called its unwavering support for Guyana’s sovereignty. Venezuala has described the drills as a “provocation”. Last weekend, it held a referendum aimed at reaffirming its territorial claim to the oil-rich Essequibo region.

Speaking at the Merco-SUR summit of South American nations, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed his concern about the deepening dispute. Brazil shares a border with both Venezuela and Guyana.

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49 thoughts on “US announces military drills with Guyana following tensions with Venezuela | DW News”

  1. CAN THE US STOP INVADING SOUTH AMERICA!????? This area was Venezuelan BEFORE the Dutch stretched the boarder and took the Venezuelan territory.

    THE US WANTS WAR! It is its business everywhere – Washington IS the military complex industry …. and they are ALLWAYS after resources!

  2. Brazil will appease this situation and go to war before all but only if Venezuela invades Guiana. Don’t get fooled troops have been deployed and are at the border, neither Brazil or Venezuela need Guianese oil , Maduro is acting foolishly.

  3. I think it's too bad these countries can't maintain peace in their areas but why does the USA always have to meddle in other countries affairs? If another country tried to police America, we would paint them as supervillains that need to be stopped, I only ask because the quality of life in America for its citizens has, in my opinion, on a wide scale taken a complete nosedive, people are not happy In America and the economy and housing market is being run by complete doofuses.

  4. This Maduro is crazy. Every Caribbean governnent is on Guyana side. But make no mistake, this is Russia and China behind Venezuela arrogance. US and British need to support Guyana fully.

  5. It's clear that this disputed territory belongs to old Spain because they were there first than the Dutch and English. Also, the Guyana borders were made by the English without representatives from Spain or Venezuela. Guyana knows this by the fact that they haven't built cities on this disputed land. They know there's something wrong about developing it. It would be silly for the English common wealth countries to defend Guyana because it will signal to even the most opponent of President Maduro in South America that this is not about who's right but who speaks English or Spanish.

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