Guyana’s gifts to the world
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26 May 2016 – From the section Latin America & Caribbean
It’s 50 years since the British colony of Guiana became Guyana.
Covering 214,969 sq km (83,000 sq miles), it is the only English-speaking country on mainland South America.
In popular culture, the country is sadly best known for the tragic events of Jonestown, where more than 900 people died in a mass suicide.
To mark the 50th anniversary of independence, BBC News highlights some of the positive contributions from “the land of a thousand rivers”.
Read more – Guyana’s gifts to the world – BBC News
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DECEMBER 24, 2013 · BY CSPRINGER – EDITOR · Stabroek News — Editorial
Valerie Amos
Valerie Amos would probably have dismissed the suggestion had it been made four or five years ago that the end of 2013 would find her engrossed in performing one of the least enviable tasks in international diplomacy, and yet that is precisely the position in which the 59-year-old international civil servant from Wakenaam finds herself.
Since 2010, having distinguished herself in public and political life in Britain, Baroness Amos has served as United Nations Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Her appointment coincides with the persistence of some of the more enduring global humanitarian crises and the emergence of new, equally challenging ones. Continue reading →
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