by Niamh Harris, The Peoples Voice:
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has claimed that the United States has installed “secret military bases” in the oil rich disputed region of Essequibo.
Maduro made the claim on Thursday while speaking at a ceremony commemorating a recent law defending Guyana Essequibo.
The 62,000-square-mile oil- and mineral-rich area around the Essequibo River is at the center of a territorial dispute between Venezuela and a former British colony, Guyana.