Friday, January 23, 2015

A Preview of What's to Come

I was just emailed this news article from The New York Times entitled, "A Multiethnic Movement Emerges in Guyana to Counter Politics-as-Usual." It does a good job of highlighting what's been happening in Guyana for the past few months in a very "clean" way, as news here tends to be very emotional and biased (check out Guyana Times www.guyanatimesgy.com, Stabroek News www.stabroeknews.com, Kaieteur News www.kaieteurnewsonline.com, and Guyana Chronicle http://guyanachronicle.com). Essentially the President, Donald Ramotar, suspended Parliment with the opposition party having a majority, and regional and general elections are now scheduled for May 11 (as announced the other day). To give some background to the article you'll read, I live in an area with a majority Afro-Guyanese, so as they say "it'll get hot jus now." In the event that I post later down that I've been evacuated as a precaution from Peace Corps, you'll now know why; that it stems from protests surrounding the elections coming up. 


Enjoy!