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This handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency shows Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (R) speaking next to Bolivarian National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez during a meeting of the Assembly of the Federal Council of Government at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on December 5, 2023. President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday proposed a bill to declare a Venezuelan province in an oil-rich region it disputes with Guyana, and ordered the state oil company to issue licenses for extracting crude there. The Venezuelan leader proposed at a government meeting that a bill be sent to the National Assembly for the creation of a "Guyana Esequiba" province in the region Guyana has administered for over a century, and said oil, gas and mining licenses must be issued "immediately." (Photo by ZURIMAR CAMPOS / Venezuelan Presidency / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / VENEZUELAN PRESIDENCY / ZURIMAR CAMPOS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS