 Flag | |
| Capital and largest city | Georgetown |
|---|---|
| Official languages | English |
| Government | Assembly-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 in South America. 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]
References
- ↑ [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).