Here's the article: http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=InCMR7g4BCKC2wiZPkcVUgkKl+VN+6Df&user_id=eab417bf162545d0a97a5d27dbbdc025&email_type=eta&task_id=142196242743779®i_id=0
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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.
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So glad you posted this NY Times article. It explained the politics quite clearly, and now I feel like I have a better understanding of where Guyana might be headed. An inclusive, multi-ethnic base seems like the strongest and most forward thinking approach.
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