Countries in South America called for a peaceful solution to the border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela as tensions simmered in the region.
Venezuela held a referendum on Sunday where voters backed the annexation of Essequibo, an oil-rich region controlled by Guyana that borders Venezuela. Since then, tensions have mounted on the frontier.
What did the neighboring countries say?
“Latin America should be a region of peace,” the regional bloc Mercosur — comprising Argentina,…