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Venezuela tells UN court that mineral-rich part of Guyana was ‘fraudulently’ taken in colonial era

Venezuela tells UN court that mineral-rich part of Guyana was ‘fraudulently’ taken in colonial era

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Venezuela insisted Wednesday that a disputed mineral-rich region of Guyana was “fraudulently” taken in a 19th-century example of colonialism, arguing that a 1966 agreement and not the United Nations’ highest court should finalize ownership of the territory. The Internat

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