When it comes to Exxon Mobil Corp.’s recent oil discovery off the coast of Guyana, one that Venezuela claims as its own, Guyanese President David Granger has a clear message for the U.S. company: Full speed ahead. Mr. Granger, who took office days before Exxon announced the significant find last month, said that he met with officials from the company–which was contracted by Guyana–and offered assurances that exploration work won’t be interrupted, despite Venezuela’s recent revival of a century-old claim on two-thirds of Guyana’s territory. Guyana, a former British colony of 750,000 people and South America’s only English-speaking nation, is counting on diplomacy and the help of regional allies to resolve the matter. A Paris arbitration tribunal in 1899 had set the internationally recognized boundaries, but Venezuela sixty years later rejected the findings saying it was cheated. “We’re not going to send the navy out there […]