Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil: Essequibo me.

Also: Finland, Russia, Panama, Canada, Mexico and Saudi Arabia.

Water Street, Georgetown, British Guiana, Milton Prior, 1888, engraving from the Illustrated London News, British Library, London.

VENEZUELA. GUYANA. BRAZIL. Essequibo me.

A dormant colonial-era dispute reignites.

Brazil’s army was reportedly placed on alert on Tuesday for a possible Venezuelan invasion of Guyana. The International Court of Justice said it…