Guyana

Guyana’s Elections Falter At the Last Curve

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Faizaan Sami
November 30, 2011
Guyana’s Elections Falter At the Last Curve

Since November 29 2011, the culmination of this year’s Guyanese general elections establishing the official figures for the ballot have been delayed as electoral officials continue to count votes. While the numbers are being verified by the General Elections Commission (GECOM), its chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally has justified the postponement by reiterating the necessity for thoroughness and efficiency before releasing the election’s preliminary results. The Organization of American States Electoral Observation Mission (OAS/EOM), which...

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Elecciones en Guyana: Un traspié en la recta final

Este análisis fue preparado por Faizaan Sami, investigador asociado del Consejo sobre Asuntos Hemisféricos
November 30, 2011
Elecciones en Guyana: Un traspié en la recta final

Desde el 29 de noviembre se ve demorada la culminación de las elecciones guyanesas: hasta la jornada siguiente, los funcionarios electorales continuaban con el escrutinio a fin de determinar las cifras oficiales del acto electoral. A medida que se avanza con el conteo de votos en la Comisión Electoral de Guyana, el presidente del organismo, Dr. Steve Surujbally, declaró que la postergación del anuncio se fundamenta en la necesidad de lograr precisión y eficiencia...

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One-way Ticket or Circular Flow: Changing Stream of Remittances to Latin America

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Trevor Cohen
August 4, 2011
One-way Ticket or Circular Flow: Changing Stream of Remittances to Latin America

Inside houses held together by a collection of sticks, mud brick and plastic table cloths one can hear the hum of a stainless-steel refrigerator and the shrill buzz of a flickering thirty-inch color television set.  These appliances of modern convenience mix casually with poverty, a contrast almost obscenely commonplace throughout many parts of Latin America and especially Central America. Small towns in the campo, where unemployment seems to run close to  90 percent and the...

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Uncharted Territory in Guyanese Legislative Elections

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Tristan Mohabir
July 15, 2011

Guyana’s two main political parties, the PPP and PNC, are the favorites to have their presidential candidate assume office in the upcoming legislative elections The country’s colonial past, in addition to internal divisions within the PPP, has contributed to its current racial divide Current president Bharrat Jagdeo’s administration has tarnished the PPP’s image, leaving it politically weakened A third party, the Alliance for Change (AFC), could decide whether the PPP or PNC gains a...

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Guyanese President Leaves a Tattered Legacy

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associates Robert Cavooris & Elcin Chang
January 26, 2011

Stagnation, violence, corruption, arch-sectarianism, and unfettered crime—this is the heritage that President Bharrat Jagdeo will bequeath to his country. Now that Jagdeo has announced that he will not seek a third term in the upcoming August election, he may well ask, as a New York mayor once did, “How did I do?” The answer, in this instance, must be: “terribly.” Chosen by former President Janet Jagan to succeed her in office, and supposedly held...

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