Guyana

French Guiana

Suriname

South America6

• Guyana is located at a crossroads between North and South America and the Caribbean, making it attractive to transnational criminal organizations wishing to carry out smuggling operations into the region, or to cross it on their way to other continents. (interpol.int)
• Guyana (/ɡaɪˈɑːnə/ or /ɡaɪˈænə/ , gy-A(H)N-ə), officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. (wikipedia.org)
• I live in a small country called Guyana in South America, surrounded by Venezuela, Brazil and Suriname. (peacecorps.gov)
• Despite the latest report, Persaud told IPS Guyana "continues to be the country with one of the lowest rates of deforestation within South America. (ipsnews.net)
• Texas State University Respiratory Care students travelled to Georgetown, Guyana, South America for their first solo study abroad trip. (aarc.org)
• If your Spanish or Portuguese is at the level of a 2-year-old bonobo like mine is, then you'll probably be pleased to know that Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America. (10000birds.com)

Georgetown6

• NCB Georgetown is part of the Guyana Police Force (GPF). (interpol.int)
• GEORGETOWN, Nov 11 2013 (IPS) - Guyana is engaged in a balancing act to save its rainforest, regarded as a living treasure, from the destructive activities of miners digging their way to another kind of treasure buried beneath this fragile ecosystem. (ipsnews.net)
• This was the first time Texas State sent representatives to Georgetown, Guyana. (aarc.org)
• I am a Guyanese citizen, who left at age 12 and returned 46 years later as a respiratory therapist on a mission trip in 2015," said Armstead, who currently participates in a yearly mission trip to Georgetown, Guyana through Bridges Global Medical Missions. (aarc.org)
• Leaving Georgetown en route to Lethem, the gateway to the Rupununi savannahs. (10000birds.com)
• Led by the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission (GWCMC), we held a five-day wildlife enforcement training in Georgetown. (ifaw.org)

20233

• NOTE: The information regarding Guyana on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. (theodora.com)
• No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guyana 2023 information contained here. (theodora.com)
• All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guyana 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page. (theodora.com)

Suriname7

• Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Venezuela to the west, and Suriname to the east. (wikipedia.org)
• The name "Guyana" derives from Guiana, an earlier name for a larger region that included the areas now called Guyana (British Guiana), Suriname (Dutch Guiana), French Guiana, the Guayana Region in Venezuela (Spanish Guyana), and Amapá in Brazil (Portuguese Guiana). (wikipedia.org)
• Guyana has significant potential for hydropower, like its neighbor Suriname which has successfully developed hydro power programs. (trade.gov)
• Against the background of what he said were continued territorial threats from both Venezuela and Suriname, Guyana President David Granger has announced a Total National Defense Policy. (mercopress.com)
• The Warao are a First Nations tribe that lives in Venezuela, Suriname and Guyana. (joshuaproject.net)
• Those in Suriname and Guyana are better identified as Christian. (joshuaproject.net)
• The project aims to tackle jaguar poaching and trafficking in Bolivia, Suriname, and Guyana. (ifaw.org)

Venezuela6

• Venezuela has rejected the decision made by the United Nations to refer the border controversy with Guyana to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). (mercopress.com)
• Venezuela has objected to a Canadian mining company operating in Guyana, telling the company it is infringing on Caracas' sovereignty. (mercopress.com)
• The government of Guyana will be looking forward to Canada's support against the territorial claims by Venezuela even as it seeks to strengthen its ties and bilateral agreements with the state, through new Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Pierre Giroux. (mercopress.com)
• He said he was confident Guyana would win its territorial dispute with Venezuela, which claims two-thirds of Guyana's territory as its own. (yahoo.com)
• The neo-colonial regimes in Brazil, Colombia and Guyana are covertly and overtly facilitating the US Empire's encirclement of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. (modernghana.com)
• Finally, we participate in the regional social forums and work for the coordination of anti-colonialist, anti-imperialist and anarchist groups and movements in neighbouring countries such as Surinam, Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. (anarkismo.net)

20181

• Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd. (EEPGL) has commenced a meteorological and oceanographic survey in the Stabroek Block, scheduled to be completed during May 2018. (mercopress.com)

Amerindian1

• My village is a Warau community-home to one of nine Amerindian tribes in Guyana-with about 1,600 people living in three areas. (peacecorps.gov)

Defence Force2

• The Guyana Defence Force puts on a firework show and this is a vibrant time of the year. (whychristmas.com)
• In June, opposition parliamentarian Annette Ferguson was arrested under the Cyber Crime Act (CCA) after saying that a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer was slated to take charge of a "killing squad. (freedomhouse.org)

20202

• In the 2020 elections, the PPP/C won 33 seats, the APNU-AFC coalition won 31, and the union of A New United Guyana (ANUG), the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), and The New Movement (TNM) was allocated 1 seat. (freedomhouse.org)
• Manuscritos publicados en el 2020 por idioma y también por afiliación de autor (no incluyendo eventuales traducciones a un según idioma). (bvsalud.org)

20192

• 2019 Life of Mine Plan Summary (CNW Group/Guyana Goldfields Inc. (newswire.ca)
• Back in December 2019, we travelled to Guyana to co-host IFAW's first law enforcement training for Operation Jaguar. (ifaw.org)

Brazil5

• Many of our brothers and sisters in Brazil, Colombia and Guyana are unaware of the tremendous achievements made by the Bolivarian Revolution. (modernghana.com)
• On the other hand, in Brazil, Colombia and Guyana, Africans remain economically and socially marginalized as a result of entrenched systemic racism. (modernghana.com)
• We are therefore calling on all descendants of captured Africans in Brazil, Colombia and Guyana to resist their respective government's collusion with US imperialism. (modernghana.com)
• Whilst Guyana doesn't boast the number of species of larger countries like Peru, Brazil and Colombia, one needs to consider the size difference between these countries. (10000birds.com)
• And Brazil with even fewer species than Peru is nearly 40 times larger than Guyana! (10000birds.com)

Search1

• Results of search for 'su:{Guyana. (who.int)

Territorial dispute1

• Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers have welcomed Venezuela's decision to receive a United Nations (UN) technical team which will provide recommendations to the UN Secretary-General on the way forward to a full and final solution to its territorial dispute with Guyana. (mercopress.com)

University of Guy1

• Currently respiratory care is the only allied health program not at the University of Guyana. (aarc.org)

20172

• In 2017, 41% of the population of Guyana lived below the poverty line. (wikipedia.org)
• The discovery of over 11 billion barrels of oil reserves off the coast of Guyana since 2017 is the largest addition to global oil reserves since the 1970s. (wikipedia.org)

Linden2

• Texas State students visited with students at Mackezie High School in Linden, Guyana. (aarc.org)
• To return as a professor with my own students, it was an emotional moment for me," said Armstead, who's father was a teacher and former principal at Mackenzie High in Linden, Guyana. (aarc.org)

Guyanese1

• GREEN represents the agricultural and forested nature of Guyana, WHITE symbolizes the rivers and water potential of the country, GOLDEN arrow represents Guyana's mineral wealth, BLACK portrays the endurance that will sustain the forward thrust of the Guyanese people, RED represents the zeal and dynamic nature of nation-building which lies before the young and independent Guyana. (crwflags.com)

Guyana's2

• Investors seeking to invest in Guyana's renewable energy sector should contact the Ministry of Tourism Industry and Commerce and the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-INVEST) for information on tax concessions and other investment incentives for the adoption of renewable energy programs. (trade.gov)
• The funds earned by Guyana under the agreement with Norway are directed towards low carbon development strategy (LCDS) projects that have a transformational effect on the national and local economy, as well as supporting Guyana's efforts to adapt to climate change and to increase resilience to future climate change. (ipsnews.net)

Trainings1

• In fall 2013 we are testing the initial platform as well as conducting in-person trainings with communities in Guyana. (digital-democracy.org)

Adolescents1

• The vaccine scheduler table summarizes the current vaccination schedule for young children, adolescents, and adults in Guyana. (who.int)

Ministry2

• The Guyana Energy Agency oversees conducting feasibility studies for the integration of renewable energy programs in Guyana and has regulatory oversight over certain aspects of the energy industry, in addition to the Ministry of Public Works. (trade.gov)
• We saw participation from seven agencies, including the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Guyana Defense Force (GDF), Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), Corps of Wardens - Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), Cheddi Jagan International Airport - Training Personnel (CJIA), Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), and GWMCM. (ifaw.org)

Barbados1

• Guyana is overtaken by Aruba, which was number 121 with $27.93 and is followed by Barbados with $9. (nationmaster.com)

Countries2

• Guyana shares borders with three other countries and through its maritime waters has easy access to Caribbean waters and islands, making it an attractive transit country for illegal merchandise transiting between American, European and African markets. (interpol.int)
• Guyana is now ranked as having the fourth-highest GDP per capita in the Americas after the United States, Canada, and The Bahamas, and has been one of the countries with the most improvement in Human Development Index ranking since 2015. (wikipedia.org)

Country5

• By providing globally-sourced intelligence about regional crime, the NCB helps police officers across Guyana to detect and investigate the flow of illicit goods along trafficking routes in and around the country. (interpol.int)
• The Guyana government says Mexico has indicated a willingness to fast track an agreement to purchase paddy rice from the Caribbean country. (mercopress.com)
• President of Guyana Irfaan Ali has acknowledged 'time is not on our side' as the South American country scrambles to make the most of its newfound oil wealth before it is too late. (yahoo.com)
• Armstead and her team proposed the project, which was the first ever study abroad program for respiratory care students in the country of Guyana. (aarc.org)
• Of the 800-plus species found in the country, over 70 of them are considered Guianan Shield endemics species, birds which are found only in Guyana and its immediate surrounding areas. (10000birds.com)

Tribes1

• Historically dominated by the Lokono and Kalina tribes, Guyana was colonised by the Dutch before coming under British control in the late 18th century. (wikipedia.org)

People4

• The people of Guyana are called Guyanans. (everyculture.com)
• In Guyana, people really like to decorate their houses and streets with lots of lights at Christmas time. (whychristmas.com)
• Although Guyana is the size of Britain, it has a population of just 800,000 people. (yahoo.com)
• This area is where the Wapichana people of Guyana live, on the edge of the rainforest around the Rupununi savannah. (digital-democracy.org)

Warao1

• Scripture Prayers for the Warao in Guyana. (joshuaproject.net)

Dutch1

• Although Christopher Columbus was the first European to sight Guyana during his third voyage (in 1498), and Sir Walter Raleigh wrote an account in 1596, the Dutch were the first Europeans to establish colonies: Pomeroon (1581), Essequibo (1616), Berbice (1627), and Demerara (1752). (wikipedia.org)

Tackle1

• How INTERPOL supports Guyana to tackle international crime. (interpol.int)

Colombia1

• Peru, with a few less bird species than Colombia, is 6 times larger than Guyana. (10000birds.com)

Language1

• Guyana is the only South American nation in which English is the official language. (wikipedia.org)

Found2

• Over the past decade, Guyana has found huge amounts of oil and gas under its coastal waters. (yahoo.com)
• The disease is commonly found in tropical and subtropical areas such as southeast India, Guyana, and New Guinea. (medlineplus.gov)

Made2

• 1. A locally made flag I purchased in Guyana and have had in my possession for over 10 years now. (crwflags.com)
• Thanks to the newspaper "Alternative Libertaire", which is distributed in Guyana, a group of comrades made contact with AL and organized a meeting between all those who were interested. (anarkismo.net)

National3

• He conceded that 94 percent of the changes stem from mining activity, but said it was conducted "with the knowledge of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), working with legitimate miners, fulfilling their own economic activity while following the national guidelines or laws as well as our regulations in this regard. (ipsnews.net)
• This is a national dish from one of the six races of Guyana, the native Amerindians. (whychristmas.com)
• The National food and nutrition survey of Guyana. (who.int)

World2

• In November 2010, Guyana and Norway established a partnership that is the second biggest Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD+) interim agreement in the world. (ipsnews.net)
• Popular drinks include ginger beer, mauby, sorrel drink and rum (including the world famous Guyana Rum, El Dorado). (whychristmas.com)

President2

• Falklands' lawmaker Ian Hansen currently visiting Guyana met with President David Granger to familiarize himself with local politics and secure Georgetown's views on the Islands' right to self determination. (mercopress.com)
• Patrick Harding, the president of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Mining Association (GGDMA), argues that it's a numbers game. (ipsnews.net)

International2

• and other valuable articles are prohibited in Priority Mail Express International shipments to Guyana. (usps.com)
• The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with Guyana. (imf.org)

Visit3

• Irish citizens do not require a visa to visit Guyana as a tourist, and are generally given permission to remain for up to 30 days. (dfa.ie)
• Irish citizens do not need visas to visit Guyana, with tourists generally given permission to remain up to 30 days in Guyana. (dfa.ie)
• Now that you have a plethora of other reasons to visit Guyana, let's talk birds. (10000birds.com)

High2

• Crime levels in Guyana are high. (dfa.ie)
• An early example of such a consultation process comes from Guyana - where high forest cover and low deforestation rates have led to the emergence of a 'Low Carbon Development Strategy' that attempts to avoid projected deforestation and to retool society along a low-carbon development pathway. (iied.org)

Projects1

• One of my longest projects was the Guyana flag itself - specifically the layout and colours. (crwflags.com)

Project2

• The training we provided in December helped facilitate their plans to carry out a sensitization project for other agencies and communities across Guyana. (ifaw.org)
• Step by step' : a community based rehabilitation project with disabled children in Guyana = ["Pas à pas", un projet de réadaptation à base communautaire pour les enfants handicapés en Guyane] / by Brian O'Toole. (who.int)

Workers1

• ALG: The two biggest anti-colonialist organizations in Guyana at present are the UTB (Union of Guianan Workers) and the MDES (Movement for Decolonization and Social Emancipation). (anarkismo.net)