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Guyana votes to elect a new National Assembly and president, with polls favouring a second term for incumbent Irfaan Ali of the PPP-C.
2025-09-1

The Guyanese military report that Venezuelan gunfire targeted a patrol boat escorting election materials on the Cuyuní River in the disputed Essequibo region.
2025-08-31

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Guyanese President Irfaan Ali hold talks in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Both leaders agree to use neither threats nor force against the other. A joint commission is announced to address the existing issues, with a report expected within three months.
2023-12-14

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali visits the region of Guayana Esequiba and hoists the Guyanese flag, amid heightening tensions with Venezuela over the territory. Venezuela calls the action a "provocation".
2023-11-26

The International Court of Justice rules that the case of territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over Guayana Esequiba can proceed. Guyanese president Irfaan Ali welcomes the decision and commits Guyana to solve the dispute peacefully. Venezuela had earlier rejected the ruling, alleging that the case cannot be heard without the involvement of the United Kingdom, Guyana's former colonial power.
2023-04-6

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

The government of Guyana reports that pirates attacked fishermen off the coast of neighboring Suriname.
2018-05-3

No-one was killed when a Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737 plane crashed and split in two at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Guyana
2011-07-31

A court in America sentences Abdel Nur of Guyana to 15 years imprisonment after charging him with participation in a plot to blow up fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.
2011-01-14