Politics

High Court action looms to compel govt to establish Human Rights Commission The Guyana government is being called upon to establish the constitutionally required Human Rights Commission (HRC) to allow people to seek redress for violation of their rights, and to seek an advisory opinion from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on whether Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s calling ...

Guyana’s former Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Rudolph ‘Rudy’ Insanally died on Sunday after a prolonged illness, sources confirmed. He was 87 years old. He was the brother of former Guyanese broadcaster, Vic Insanally. Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd said he has since spoken with Mrs Insanally and expressed his condolences. The Foreign Affairs Ministry was later Sunday night expected to ...

Guyana’s Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Sunday warned Venezuela’s President not to “miscalculate”, even as he reiterated that his country was not interested in the establishment of a United States (US) military base but would work with its defence partners to stave off any aggression by its western neighbour. Addressing Essequibo Coast residents from Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) in the town ...

Venezuelan troops appear to be withdrawing from near the border with Guyana, and the X (formerly Twitter) feeds of several top Venezuelan officials have toned down their references to the Essequibo County, sources said. A usually reliable government official said “they have been told to deescalate” by a number of friendly nations. Those countries have been backing Guyana’s position that ...

The People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) long-awaited General Council at the weekend focussed on the need for party unity, with party Leader Aubrey Norton saying that now was not the time for internal campaigning for the leadership. “Our party has always been a democratic party. We’ve always had elections and when a Congress is announced, one expects that those who ...

Former President of Colombian President Ivan Duque on Sunday appealed to the international community to assist Guyana, amid Venezuela’s military aggression as part of a wider plot to claim Guyana’s  Essequibo County. “The dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro is mobilizing troops and threatening the Democracy of Guyana. Their idea is to claim the territory of Essequibo in a Referendum and use ...

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA), vowing to back a united front against Venezuela’s intensified aggression to snatch the Essequibo County, has recommended that the Guyana government hold a counter-referendum and establish a broad-based National Border Task Force to strategise on the issue. The WPA recommended that the Task Force be set up as  permanent mechanism as it is clear that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...