Essequibo

Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodriguez Makes First Foreign Trip Since Maduro’s Abduction to Attend Hague Territory Dispute Hearing

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez will travel to The Hague on March 29 to attend the ICJ hearing on the Essequibo territory dispute with Guyana, her first trip abroad since President Maduro’s abduction by U.S. forces in January 2026. The case involves the oil-rich region that accounts for two-thirds of Guyana’s territory, contested since the 1899 British colonial border agreement. Rodriguez, who has complied with U.S. demands since taking office, will argue that the frontier should be redrawn according to a 1966 pre-independence accord.