evidence: The Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region, also known as Esequibo or Guayana Esequiba in Spanish (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwaˈʝana eseˈkiβa] ),[1] a 159,500 km2 (61,600 sq mi) area west of the Essequibo River. The territory, excluding the Venezuelan-controlled Ankoko Island, is controlled by Guyana as part of six of its regions,[note 1] based on the 1899 Paris Arbitral Award. It is also claimed by Venezuela as the Guayana Esequiba State.[2][page needed][3][4] The boundary dispute was inherited from the colonial powers (Spain in the case of Venezuela, and the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in the case of Guyana) and has persisted following the independence of Venezuela and Guyana. [...] the territory named by Venezuela as Guayana Esequiba - "Maduro decreta establecer un nuevo territorio en una rica región en disputa con Guyana". ABC (in Spanish). 8 January 2021. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2023. [...] Called Guayana Esequiba in Venezuela - "Guyana rejects Venezuela's revived territorial claim | Argus Media". Argus Media. 8 September 2021. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.