
Offshore areas claimed by Venezuela (in green)
Venezuela vs Guyana – Economic war (a real one)
Francisco Toro / June 12, 2015 – Caracas Chronicles – Venezuela
What do you call it when a country throws its military assets behind a campaign to bully and intimidate a much smaller, poorer neighbour for the purpose of spooking away foreign investors and preventing it from carrying out strategic investments?
If the words “Economic War” are to mean anything, shouldn’t they mean that?
This post is a call to get real: what’s happening on Venezuela’s grandiloquently self-styled “fachada atlantica” (the eastern border it disputes with neighboring Guyana) is nothing but an attempt to give off-shore oil investors in Guyana cold feet. Continue reading →
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Courtney Crum Ewing was Martyred and Forgotten in Guyana – By Dr. David Hinds
Courtney Crum Ewing was Martyred and Forgotten in Guyana
Dr. David Hinds
By Dr. David Hinds
It’s been three months now since Courtney Crum Ewing was murdered on the streets in Guyana. His demise drew widespread condemnation from large sections of the society. The masses in conjunction with the political leaders transformed his funeral into carnival of protest. That moment may have had something to do with the collective energy that would make May 11 a historic day.
The then government instructed the police to leave no stone unturned in the pursuit of the killer or killers. Many pointed to a political motive. The then opposition vowed to find the killers if the assume office. Civil Society lifted their voices. Continue reading →
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