TO TAKE OVER PART OF GUYANA. >> TWO SOUTH AMERICAN LEADERS MEETING FACE-TO-FACE AFTER WEEKS OF ESCALATION OVER AN OIL- RICH TERRITORY IN SOUTH AMERICA. THE PRESIDENT OF GUYANA ARRIVED EARLY THURSDAY FOR A HIGH- STAKES CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA. THAT PIECE, OVER THIS REGION, ATLANTA THAT MAKES UP HALF OF GUYANA. TALKS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. >> THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY OTHER SOUTH AMERICAN LEADERS. >> WHAT IS YOUR OVERALL EXPECTATION? >> I DON'T EITHER SIDE IS GOING TO DO THAT UNILATERALLY. THEY CALLED THESE MOVES RECKLESS. >> TO OCCUPY ANY OF THAT SPACE, IT'S ILLEGAL AND ILLEGITIMATE. >> ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE UP EVEN AN INCH OF LAND? >> IT BELONGS TO GUYANA. >> THE EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL COORDINATES. >> THIS COMES WEEKS AFTER THREAT. >> THEY DO THIS FOR DOMESTIC REASONS. THE DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION IN VENEZUELA, ORGANIZING AND BEING UNIFIED, GIVING THEM A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY. >> UNITED STATES MILITARY, CONDUCTING THESE AMID RISING TENSIONS. >> OUR DIPLOMATS ARE ENGAGED AT THIS TIME. >> A DIPLOMATIC CHALLENGE WITH BOTH COUNTRIES STANDING THEIR GROUND. >> LIVE, FROM MIAMI. BOTH PARTIES INTEND TO FIND A PEACEFUL SOLUTION AND MADE IT CLEAR THAT GUYANA WAS NOT THE AGGRESSOR. WAS THERE ANY AGREEMENT TO WHO CAN CLAIM THIS? >> THEY CONSIDER THIS PART OF ITS TERRITORY AND SAY THAT THEY WANT TO ANNEX NOT. TODAY, THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT AND CONCESSIONS TO EXTRACT NATURAL RESOURCES AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S VERY RICH IN OIL AND WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND