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Author Archives: Denis Chabrol

Wife of former US President Jimmy Carter dies

Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former United States President Jimmy Carter- who played a key role in Guyana’s electoral reforms- died on Sunday. Mrs Carter died in hospice care after her family ann0unced in May, 2023 that she was suffering from dementia and had joined Jimmy in hospice care. Rosalynn and her husband last visited Guyana in 2018 when he ...

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OPINION: Foreign enemies like internal division

By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus Eighteen hundred years before Machiavelli, one the world’s first great realists, Kutilya (350 -283 BC), warned that one of the greatest threats to national security is an internally divided population. I doubt anyone in the APNU-AFC might have read Kutilya, but surely at least Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton must be familiar with the basics ...

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President hints foreign military help on standby if Venezuela becomes reckless

President Irfaan Ali on Saturday hinted that Guyana has received commitments from its “strategic partners” to respond to any military aggression from Venezuela after the December 3 referendum that seeks to annex the 160,000 square kilometre county of Essequibo. Asked whether Guyana would be seeking military support from the United States (US) or its other strategic partners in countering any ...

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Mottley, Gonsalves reassure CARICOM’s support for Guyana against Venezuela; react sharply to APNU criticisms

Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves on Saturday sought to reassure Guyana that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states are individually backing Guyana that its borders are inviolable and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) must be used to settle the territorial controversy with Venezuela. “In this particular ...

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OPINION: I agree with Bharrat Jagdeo: down with Marxist ideology; up with American money

by GHK Lall Yet again, I find myself agreeing with Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo.  When the Commissar soft-pedals Marxism-Leninism and dunks it over to the PPP Congress, I recognize a political operator of rare acumen.  Quick aside -if PPP hardheads think I am playing their General Secretary, they may be onto something, for I also know through whom the road ...

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CARICOM supports Saudi Arabia to host Expo 2030, fight climate change, increase food production

The 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has formally agreed to back Saudi Arabia’s bid to host Expo 2030 in Riyadh and the establishment of an international water organisation,  in exchange for support in a range of areas including combatting climate change and boosting trade, investment and food security, according to a joint statement. The leaders declared to support Saudi Arabia’s bid ...

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Guyana takes top spot at CSEC, CAPE

Guyana has once again topped the region at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand announced during a broadcast on the Ministry of Education’s Facebook page on Friday. “Our students have performed excellently once again…This is evident that our education system is thriving and doing better and better ...

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Guyana should ask US, Brazil for military assistance to deter Venezuela- former Foreign Minister, AFC

Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee on Friday said the United States (US) should be asked to provide military assistance to deter neighbouring Venezuela from possibly invading Guyana after the December 3, 2023 referendum that calls for the annexation of the Essequibo County. “All things being equal, it is only the United States Guyana can turn to, to provide the ...

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Jagdeo hints at irrelevance of Marxism-Leninism to the PPP

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday rejected suggestions that his party has abandoned its working-class platform and has instead become one of small-scale businessowners, in stark contrast to his own party’s dogma that names the “petite bourgeoisie” as one of three enemies. While he said the removal of Marxism-Leninism from the party’s constitution is ...

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Venezuela’s VP lied to the World Court about mistreatment of Venezuelans in Guyana

Venezuela’s Vice President, Delcy Rodriguez lied to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) earlier this week when she claimed that Venezuelan migrants in Guyana were being mistreated, the Vice President of Guyana Bharrat Jagdeo said Thursday. “It’s a lie! We have condemned xenophobia and we’ve ensured that people continue to be treated- all Venezuelans, including the majority of our people-that ...

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