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Venezuelans vote in referendum over large swath of territory under dispute with Guyana

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Venezuelans will vote Sunday in a referendum to supposedly decide the future of a large swath of neighboring Guyana their government claims ownership of, arguing the territory was stolen when a north-south border was drawn more than a century ago.

Guyana considers the referendum a step toward annexation and the vote has its residents' top court in settling the disagreement between the two South American countries.

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