US warplanes to fly over Guyana amid fears of Venezuela invasion

The U.S. is putting on a show of force in the skies above Guyana on Thursday, as the Biden administration said it was standing with the country amid growing fears that Venezuela was about to launch an invasion.

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro raised the stakes this week by ordering maps to be withdrawn and telling state companies to exploit contested oil and mineral deposits.

The dictator has ramped up his rhetoric and , claiming a Sunday referendum gave him a clear mandate to claim sovereignty over Guyana's oil rich region of Essequibo.

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