Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced that foreign companies working in the disputed Guyanese county of Essequibo would have to withdraw within three months, asserting his right to do so after Venezuelan voters backed their nation’s control of the territory in a referendum Sunday, Bloomberg reported Tuesday night.

Venezuela’s Maduro orders foreign companies to leave Guyanese concessions

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Military personnel carry out the construction of bridges, repair roads, and provide medical care to the inhabitants of the community.