Venezuela's Rodríguez heads to The Hague to defend Essequibo territorial claim

The territorial dispute affects indigenous populations and communities in the contested Esequibo region whose legal status and rights remain uncertain pending the court's decision.

Across an ocean and into the chambers of the International Court of Justice, Venezuela's foreign minister carried a claim older than the modern states that now contest it — the Esequibo region, vast and resource-rich, where colonial-era agreements and competing sovereignties have never fully resolved into peace. The second round of oral arguments in The Hague marks a rare moment when history is asked to submit itself to legal judgment, with consequences that will ripple through South American geopolitics, energy markets, and the lives of indigenous communities who have long inhabited the land

Venezuela's Rodríguez heads to The Hague to defend Essequibo territorial claim

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