Guyana is preparing to defend borders as Venezuela tries to claim oil-rich disputed region

"Guyana's President Irfaan Ali said the country is taking every necessary step to protect itself

from Venezuela, which has ordered its state-owned companies to explore and exploit oil and minerals in Guyana's vast and resource-rich Essequibo region that it considers its own......Ali said his government is reaching out to allies and regional partners, some of which Guyana has defense agreements with, to protect the Essequibo region." MS