Guyana president meets US official amid Venezuela border row
Guyanese President Irfaan Ali discussed regional security on Tuesday with a senior US defense official as the South American country remains embroiled in a border row with Venezuela over the oil-rich Essequibo region. Daniel Erikson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere, was in Georgetown as tensions simmer over Essequibo, which makes up about two-thirds of Guyana