Venezuelans participate in a simulted election ahead of the December referendum on an unresolved territorial dispute with Guyana. "The Essequibo is ours and we have to fight for it," says retiree Aliria Avila as she queues to enter a polling station in Caracas. Guyana has filed an "urgent" plea to the International Court of Justice, asking it to stop Venezuela's popular vote planned for December 3 on whether to annex the Essequibo region. Venezuela has dismissed the court's jurisdiction. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES