Electoral authorities in Venezuela said voters had rejected the UN’s top court’s jurisdiction in a longstanding territorial dispute with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo area.
They also supported the formation of what Venezuela’s government describes as a new state whose inhabitants would be given Venezuelan citizenship.
The president of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso, said the government-endorsed ‘Yes’ campaign won all five questions in Sunday’s referendum with 95% or…