Venezuelan President Asks for UN Mediation in Guyana Border Dispute

Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro said he asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for U.N. mediation in his country's century-old border dispute with neighboring Guyana. The controversy was discussed by Maduro and Ban at a meeting Tuesday morning in New York. "We will continue to work through diplomatic means," Maduro told reporters after the meeting. "We will overcome the provocations and aggressions of [Guyanese President David] Granger." Guyana is...

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