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Venezuela Demands Guyana Halt 'Imperial' Oil Exploration

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Venezuela on Tuesday demanded that neighboring Guyana halt oil exploration being carried out by ExxonMobil in disputed offshore territory in an escalation of a long-running border dispute between the two South American nations. Exxon last month said it found oil off Guyana's coast, spurring complaints from Caracas that Guyana is unfairly exploiting a disputed territory that must be negotiated through a mechanism created via a 1966 treaty signed in Geneva. "Until there is a...

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