CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday directed the country’s state-owned companies to “immediately” begin to explore and exploit the oil, gas and mines in Guyana’s Essequibo region that Venezuela claims as its own. The announcement came a day a day after Maduro got the victory he sought in a weekend referendum on […]
By Tamanisha John Despite the reality of US intervention causing inhumane conditions in the region, Venezuela’s push for the annexation of Guyana’s Essequibo region prioritizes its own political objectives, heightening tensions with the US and leaving the Guyanese people without a say in their own fate. This week Venezuela will hold a referendum on annexing […]
Georgetown, Guyana – In a bid to bolster Guyana’s readiness to respond to security threats amid growing tensions with neighboring Venezuela, top American and Guyanese military officials concluded a two-day series of talks, according to a statement released by the US Embassy in Georgetown on Tuesday. The discussions, held on Monday and Tuesday, come just […]
Guyana President Irfaan Ali disclosed that the country and Saudi Arabia are working on a deal to build of a multi-million-dollar facility to improve CARICOM’s agriculture industry. “Guyana is leading the discussion into a $25 million facility to accelerate food production, looking at a hydroponics facility for the entire region. We have submitted all the […]
Grenada 40 years on By Donald Ramotar On October 19, 1983, the Grenada Revolution, which was victorious on March 13, 1979, suffered a very fatal blow. Its principal leader, Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and five other prominent leaders of the New Jewel Movement (NJM) and the Grenadian Government, were executed. The others were Noris and […]
Guyana says Venezuela’s upcoming national referendum on the disputed Essequibo region “amounts to nothing less than the annexation of Guyana’s territory”. In a statement on Monday, Guyana said the referendum and seizure of Guyanese land “would constitute the international crime of aggression.” Venezuela’s National Electoral Council approved five questions to be included in the national […]
A new direct air route between Guyana and Canada was inaugurated last week. The service, which is a partnership between Canadian Jetline and Fly Always Air Services, touched down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) from Toronto with over 100 passengers. A host of delegates were on hand to greet the passengers as they […]
On Tuesday, Venezuela strongly criticized its neighbor, Guyana, for auctioning off oil blocks located in a disputed region off the coast. Caracas claims this region as part of its territory, while it has been administered by Guyana as the 160,000-square-kilometer (62,000-square-mile) Essequibo region. The dispute over the 19th-century border escalated significantly in 2015 when crude […]
Guyana has called for a transitional government in Haiti as the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries grapples with a political and socio-economic situation that has led to increase gang warfare and the collapse of many of the democratic institutions in that country. Haiti has been thrown into turmoil since the July 7, 2021 assassination of […]
Toronto Guyanese Emancipation Soiree By Lincoln DePradine The late Nephrologist Dr Roger Luncheon, a former lecturer at the University of Guyana’s Medical School and ex-head of the Presidential Secretariat in Guyana, is among Afro-Guyanese that “moved the dial forward’’ in the country’s emancipation and decolonization struggles, according to lawyer Selwyn A. Pieters. “Guyanese of African […]
