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Co-operative Republic of Guyana

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Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Flag of Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Flag
Coat of arms of Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Coat of arms
Location of Co-operative Republic of Guyana
Capital
and largest city
Georgetown
Official languagesEnglish
Dominant mode of productionCapitalism
GovernmentAssembly-independent republic
• President
Irfaan Ali
• Prime Minister
Mark Phillips
Area
• Total
214,970 km²
Population
• 2019 estimate
743,700


Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the north coast of South America. It is surrounded by Brazil to the south, Venezuela to the west, Suriname to the east and the Atlantic ocean to the north. In the 1950s and 1960s, the CIA attempted to undermine the government of democratic socialist Cheddi Jagan, who was the prime minister of British Guiana at the time.[1]

History

Colonial Rule

Following the 1794 Batavian Revolution in the Netherlands, Guyanese slave owners allowed the British to take over Guyana because they worried that the Dutch would abolish slavery like France. In 1823, following a slave revolt, the British declared martial law and killed 250 rebels.[2]

Independence

In 1944 the USA feared the potential of a communist government taking power once independence was declared, so intervened along with the British to change the electoral system to prevent Jagan's People's Progressive Party (PPP) being re-elected. The plan worked and Linden Forbes Burnham leader of the People's National Congress (PNC) took power. Following this the British lent their support to the new government and granted them independence in May 1966.[1]

Border disputes

Venezuela claims the Essequibo region of Guyana, a region covering over half of Guyana's landmass. In 1899 a border agreement with the UK was signed arbitrating that the present day borders would be the final boundaries. On August 18, 1962, the then Venezuelan President, Romulo Betancourt reasserted Venezuela's claim over the region on the eve of Guyana's independence from the British and has claimed the region ever since. Due to the 2015 discovery of oil in the region, Venezuela's demands for the annexation have ramped up in recent years stressing the exploitive control of company ExxonMobil.[3]

Suriname also claims the Tigri area in south eastern Guyana.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 [https://web.archive.org/web/20070212125256/http://www.guyana.org/govt/US-declassifed-documents-1964-1968.html Foreign Relations, 1964-1968, Volume XXXII, Dominican Republic; Cuba; Haiti; Guyana]: 'Guyana' (2005).
  2. Domenico Losurdo (2011). Liberalism: A Counter-History: 'Crisis of the English and American Models' (pp. 157–158). [PDF] Verso. ISBN 9781844676934 [LG]
  3. Tamanisha John (2023-11-29). "Guyana and Venezuela: The Crisis of Imperialism Currently Unfolding on South America's Caribbean Coast" Black Agenda Report. Retrieved 2023-12-03.