FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attends an event at

FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attends an event at the National Electoral Council (CNE) after voters in a referendum rejected the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) jurisdiction over the country’s territorial dispute with Guyana and backed the creation of a new state in the potential oil-rich Esequibo, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 4, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo