GUYANA-VENEZUELA-ESSEQUIBO

Aerial view of Kaieteur, the world's largest single drop waterfall, located in the Potaro-Siparuni region of Guyana, on April 12, 2023. The falls are part of Essequibo, an oil-rich disputed area of 160,000 square kilometers that is administered by Guyana but which Venezuelans voted to claim as theirs in a referendum. Guyana said on Monday, December 4 it would remain "vigilant" after Venezuelans voted overwhelmingly in favor of claiming an oil-rich border region that makes up more than two-thirds of its territory. "We have to always remain vigilant. Of course, our monitoring must be always at a high level. President Maduro, while we don't believe he will order an invasion... can do something that can be very unpredictable," Foreign Minister Hugh Todd told AFP. (Photo by Martín SILVA / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN SILVA/AFP via Getty Images)