Venezuela has long argued the territory was stolen when the border was drawn more than a century ago. But Guyana considers the referendum a step toward.
Venezuela's government says voters OK'd a referendum pushed by President Nicolás Maduro to claim sovereignty over much of its oil-rich neighbor Guyana.
Venezuelans on Sunday approved a referendum called by the government of President Nicolás Maduro to claim sovereignty over an oil- and mineral-rich piece of.