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Troubled Waters along the Guyana-Venezuela Border
Gold and migrants stream across the stretch of the Cuyuní river that marks the Guyana-Venezuela border.
Guerrillas and criminal organisations control much of the flow.
- Bram Ebus
- ICG
Their turf wars are already spilling over and could intensify if foreign powers intervene to topple Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
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