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Royal Danish Navy frigate HDMS "Esbern Snare" opens fire and kills four pirates in the Gulf of Guinea after being fired upon. Four other pirates are detained and taken aboard by Frogman Corps. The incident took place 25 to 30 nautical miles south of the territorial boundary of Nigeria.
2021-11-25

Taiwan announces that it will establish a Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Guyana. The United States welcomes the "milestone".
2021-02-4

The Venezuelan government releases the crew of two Guyana-flagged fishing vessels detained by the Venezuelan military in January for alleged illegal fishing in the disputed Guayana Esequiba region.
2021-02-3

Guyana withdraws its recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) following the military clashes in Guerguerat. Guyana's Foreign Minister Hugh Todd says his country will "support the efforts of the United Nations to achieve a peaceful and mutually acceptable solution".
2020-11-14

Citizens of Suriname head to the polls in the country's latest general election. It is the first election after Suriname's president Dési Bouterse was convicted of murder for the December murders in 1982.
2020-05-25

Police in Georgetown, Guyana, surround the nation's election commission after there are accusations that the elections results were altered to help incumbent President David A. Granger win the election.
2020-03-6

People of Guyana head to the polls to elect the members of their National Assembly.
2020-03-2

Eleven Lima Group member states support a declaration recognizing Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela, while three members of the Lima Group, Guyana, Mexico and Saint Lucia, did not back the declaration.
2019-02-5

Guyana's President David Granger accuses Venezuela of massing troops, armored vehicles, and rockets along its disputed border.
2015-09-27

United States Marines board and seize control of a German-owned vessel, Magellan Star, previously captured by pirates off the coast of Somalia.
2010-09-9