Guyana-Venezuela border spat takes to Google Maps

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By Girish Gupta CARACAS (Reuters) – A centuries-old territorial dispute in South America has taken a technological turn as anglophone Guyana decries Google Maps’ Spanish-language labeling of street names in a region claimed by neighboring Venezuela.

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Guyana-Venezuela border spat takes to Google Maps

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