Guyana

The Unpaved Road: Barriers to Guyana’s Integration with South America

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Stephanie Lloyd
July 28, 2010

Guyana, a small nation on the shoulder of South America, is more than meets the eye.  Recently named the next chair of UNASUR (Union of South American Nations), Guyana has an increased opportunity to influence South American politics and convince itself that it belongs in the South American league.  With increased power, however, Guyana would also face new issues regarding South American integration.The Guyanese president has recently filed a libel suit for being accused...

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The U.S. Military’s Presence in the Greater Caribbean Basin: More a Matter of Trade Strategy and Ideology than Drugs

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Fellow Alex Sanchez
September 23, 2009

Washington’s initiative to have access to at least seven Colombian military facilities has been criticized as an extension of the controversial Plan Colombia and as a breach of fealty to its sister republics. Suspicion also has surfaced that the base deal was fundamentally a move against Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez, and would prove a recurring obstacle to fulfillment of U.S. policy goals in the region. Two of the facilities soon to be available to the...

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“Barbadian first” policy flogs Guyanese in Barbados

This analysis was prepared by Research Associate Andrew Herweg
August 5, 2009

The unraveling of political ties between the Caribbean nations of Guyana and Barbados has created heated dialogue after the compulsory deportation of Guyanese nationals from Barbados following the implementation of the “Barbadian First” amnesty law announced by the island’s Prime Minister David Thompson May 5. This amnesty measure resulted in the deportation of Guyanese to resolve the professed rising crime rates and poverty epidemic in Barbados. The 30th Conference of Heads of Government of...

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Can Fading Caribbean Island-States Thrive in the World of Alternative Energy?

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate David Rosenblum Felson
March 25, 2009

- Does the Caribbean sugar cane industry possess the will and resources to recover from its collapse and evade all-but total catastrophe? - Despite a number of opportunities, efforts towards orderly ethanol development in the region have been chaotic - Can lessons from Brazil’s acclaimed ethanol program motivate foreign investors to allow the Caribbean to follow suit? In the ongoing search for a way to reduce global dependence on crude oil, many countries are...

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Brazil Spearheads UNASUR Defense Council, but in a Surprise move, Colombia Withdraws

This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Jared Ritvo
May 28, 2008

• Implications for Brazil • The Venezuela-Colombia Rift • Regional Autonomy • The Rebirth of the Fourth Fleet and with it the Ghost of Gunboat Diplomacy • The new Pattern of United States-South American Relations
Member states of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) signed a pact on Friday, May 23 in Brasília to establish judicial and political components for the emerging, limited union. On the docket was a plan to create a military coordinating component of UNASUR, the Conselho...

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