Life on Guyana’s border with Venezuela
The forcible removal of Venezuela’s President Nicholas Maduro in January 2026 still remains fresh in the minds of hundreds of Guyanese who live along the border between Guyana and Venezuela. It is almost as vivid as Venezuela’s referendum held in 2023 and the 2025 election in Venezuela which “appointed” a governor for a large portion of Guyana known as Essequibo. Those two specific developments fueled fears in Guyana of a military takeover by the Venezuelans. Many Guyanese living in border communities migrated briefly to the country’s coastal areas while others who remained in their villages, more conspicuously displayed their country’s “Golden Arrowhead” featured on the national flag.
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