A ship creates an artificial island by extracting offshore sand to create a coastal port for offshore oil production at the mouth of the Demerara River in Georgetown, Guyana, Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Guyana is poised to become the world's fourth-largest offshore oil producer, placing it ahead of Qatar, the United States, Mexico and Norway. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Venezuelans approve takeover of oil-rich region of Guyana. What happens next?
A man walks by a mural campaigning for a referendum to ask Venezuelans to consider annexing the Guyana-administered region of Essequibo, in 23 de Enero neighbourhood in Caracas on November 28, 2023. Venezuela is scheduled to hold a controversial referendum on December 3, to annex a disputed oil-rich territory administered by neighbouring Guyana. The government of Nicolas Maduro has organized the poll to ask Venezuelans to consider annexing the Essequibo region, which makes up two-thirds of tiny Guyana but is claimed by Caracas. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Venezuelan vote on an oil-rich region of Guyana raises concerns of a South American military conflict
Indigenous people of the Siekopai nation demonstrated outside the National Court of Justice (CNJ) to demand the ratification of the right to keep 'invaders' out of their ancestral territory, in Quito, Ecuador, August 24, 2021.
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Indigenous community in Ecuador wins legal fight to reclaim ancestral land after more than 80 years
Artist's illustration of the extremely energetic cosmic ray observed by a surface detector array of the Telescope Array experiment, named "Amaterasu particle." Osaka Metropolitan University/L-INSIGHT, Kyoto University/Ryuunosuke Takeshige
Osaka Metropolitan University/L-INSIGHT, Kyoto University/Ryuunosuke Takeshige
Mysterious cosmic ray observed in Utah came from beyond our galaxy, scientists say
Sergio Massa and Javier Milei
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As Argentina heads to the polls, will a plan to ditch the peso for the dollar be a vote-winner?
Boats are seen stranded at David's Marina, as the water level at a major river port in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, at the Rio Negro river in Manaus, Brazil October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
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Amazon rivers fall to lowest levels in 121 years amid a severe drought
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Noboa, 35, to become Ecuador’s next president following election dominated by spiraling crime
Pedro Paulo Barrientos Nunez was arrested after a traffic stop in Florida. He's accused of participating in the "torture and extrajudicial killing of Chilean citizens," an ICE official said.
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A Chilean national wanted in the killing of famed singer-activist Victor Jara is in custody after his US citizenship was revoked