Last Updated on Sunday, 28 July 2024, 9:11 by Writer Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Saturday night accused High Court Judge Gino Persaud of displaying poor judgement by attacking him personally with “intemperate sentiments”, and ignored the likelihood of provoking Venezuela over Guyana’s sovereignty by allowing the registration of a foreign Arbitral Award in Guyana. Mr Nandlall said government would ...
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OPINION: Against all odds: Venezuelans vote in July 28 elections
Last Updated on Saturday, 27 July 2024, 19:03 by Writer by United States-based Venezuelan Political Scientist, Alexandra Panzarelli During my many years as a Venezuelan ex-pat, I’ve delved into the remarkable connection between an authoritarian and populist leader–Hugo Chávez, and his people following his 1992 coup attempt. How can one explain such devotion to a leader whose violence and corruption ...
Read More »High Court freezes bank accounts linked to police officer’s wife
Last Updated on Saturday, 27 July 2024, 17:10 by Writer As a wide-ranging probe by the Guyana Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) into alleged financial improprieties widens, investigators within the past week obtained High Court orders to freeze at least two bank accounts for businesses being operated by the wife of a high ranking police officer. “We have ...
Read More »High Court judge raps Attorney General for veiled threat to judiciary’s independence; orders release of PetroCaribe debt to US oil company
Last Updated on Saturday, 27 July 2024, 16:58 by Writer High Court Judge, Gino Persaud has hit out at Attorney General Anil Nandlall for saying that if the court had recognised an arbitral award that monies owed to Venezuela and its state-owned oil company, PDVSA, were to be released to American oil company, ConocoPhillips, whose assets had been nationalised by ...
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