Attack on Guyana or Exxon would be ‘bad day’ for Venezuela, Rubio warns


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Open this photo in gallery: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gestures as he boards an aircraft en route to Suriname at Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Georgetown, Guyana, on March 27.Nathan Howard/The Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State warned Venezuela on Thursday that it would be “a very bad day” for the South American country if it were to attack its neighbour Guyana or U.S.-based energy giant ExxonMobil, in comments that threatened unspecified action in such a case. Caracas condemned Rubio’s remarks, made during a visit to Guyana’s capital. Guyana and Venezuela are locked in a long-running dispute about...