A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** Last week, voters in Venezuela backed a referendum to assume control of an oil-rich region in neighboring Guyana. The 61,600-square-mile region, known as Essequibo, comprises over two-thirds of the area currently controlled by Guyana, but is the subject of historical dispute: Venezuela has long maintained that the region was wrongly granted to Britain, then the colonial
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