evidence: 2) Guyana faces three territorial disputes: the area to the west of the Essequibo River is claimed by Venezuela, preventing any discussions of a maritime boundary; Guyana has expressed its intention to join Barbados in asserting claims before the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) that Trinidad and Tobago’s maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into their waters; Suriname claims the Tigri Area, a triangle of land between the Upper Corentyne, the Coeroeni and the Kutari rivers.