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	Guyana
		Guyana achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 and became a republic in 1970, remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		Guyana has a diverse ethnic population: the three major groups are the (East) Indians or Indo-Guyanese (50%) who have remained predominantly rural, the Africans or Afro-Guyanese (36%) who constitute the majority urban population, and the Amerindians (7%) who live in the country's interior.
		Christianity (50%), Hinduism (35%), and Islam (10%) are the dominant religions in Guyana, with the latter two concentrated in the Indo-Guyanese community.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/gu/Guyana.html (706 words)

	Politics of Guyana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of Guyana takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Guyana is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		From 1964 to 1992, the PNC dominated Guyana's politics.
		Guyana is a full and participating founder-member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the headquarters of which is located in Georgetown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Guyana (1181 words)

	Guyana - GOVERNMENT
		GUYANA IS OSTENSIBLY a parliamentary-style democracy with a constitution, a National Assembly, a multiparty system, elections, a president chosen by the majority party, a minority leader, and a judicial system based on common law.
		When the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) entered the TUC in 1976, the size of the GAWU's membership (about 15,000) meant that it would be the largest union in the TUC, a status that would entitle it to the largest number of delegates.
		Guyana strongly criticized the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands and was a vocal supporter of Britain in the UN.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/guyana/GOVERNMENT.html (6655 words)

	Guyana Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Planter political power was based in the Court of Policy and the two courts of justice, established in the late 1700s under Dutch rule.
		The planters lost political influence with the abolition of the College of Electors and the relaxation of voter qualification.
		Political changes were accompanied by social change and jockeying by various ethnic groups for increased power.
	www.knowthecaribbean.com /Guyana_politics.htm (3990 words)

	Guyana - Gurupedia
		Guyana achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 and became a
		Guyana has a diverse ethnic population: the three major groups are the (East) Indians or Indo-Guyanese (50%) who have remained predominantly rural, the Africans or Afro-Guyanese (36%) who constitute the majority urban population, and the
		Hinduism (35%), and Islam (10%) are the dominant religions in Guyana, with the latter two concentrated in the Indo-Guyanese community.
	www.gurupedia.com /g/gu/guyana.htm (719 words)

	A History of the Republic of Guyana, South America
		Political unrest dominated the period 1962 to 1964.
		Janet Jagan was sworn in as the fifth Executive President of the Republic in a secret/private ceremony and Samuel Hinds was appointed Prime Minister.
		Guyana Airways Corporation (GAC) was taken over by Guyana Airways 2000 Inc. as a result of a privitization deal between the Government of Guyana and Aviation Investment Inc. The new company was registered April 9, 1999.
	www.guyanaguide.com /history.html (4358 words)

	Guyana (09/06)
		The first modern political party in Guyana was the People's Progressive Party (PPP), established on January 1, 1950, with Forbes Burnham, a British-educated Afro-Guyanese, as chairman; Dr. Cheddi Jagan, a U.S.-educated Indo-Guyanese, as second vice chairman; and his American-born wife, Janet Jagan, as secretary general.
		Guyana achieved independence in May 1966, and became a republic on February 23, 1970--the anniversary of the Cuffy slave rebellion.
		Guyana has sought to keep foreign policy in close alignment with the consensus of CARICOM members, especially in voting in the UN, OAS, and other international organizations.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1984.htm (4129 words)

	Guyana: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Guyana is the size of Idaho and is situated on the northern coast of South America, east of Venezuela, west of Suriname, and north of Brazil.
		Guyana's potential economic development was hurt in 2000 as border disputes with both Venezuela to the west and Suriname to the east heated up.
		GUYANA: Construction start-up on planned $80,000,000 gold mine is tentatively scheduled to begin in the year 2002, CAMBIOR [Canada]......
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107608.html (922 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Guyana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Guyana is an Amerindian word meaning Land of Many Waters, and the country is mostly characterized by vast unspoiled rain forests dissected by numerous rivers, creeks and beautiful waterfalls.
		Guyana's population of 751,223 (Statistics Bureau, 2002) is diverse: the three largest groups are the Indians or Indo-Guyanese (43.5% in 2002) who have remained predominantly rural, the Africans or Afro-Guyanese (30.2%) who constitute the majority urban population, and those of mixed origin (16.7%).
		Guyana exhibits two of the WWF's Global 200 ecoregions most crucial to the conservation of global biodiversity, Guianan moist forests and Guyana Highlands moist forests and is home to several endemic species including the tropical hardwood Greenheart (Chlorocardium rodiei).
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/guyana (3552 words)

	The Man Took Back His Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It goes like this - Guyana is politically and ethnically divided, and one party cannot rule Guyana because that party hasn't got the political and intellectual resources to go it alone.
		Now is the time to move to more inclusive politics and a start can be made by reforming parliament to give the opposition a greater say in the evolution of the Guyanese political economy.
		It is for this reason, Guyana is a better place than under the administration of Forbes Burnham, a regime that Jeffrey once served and to date has not written about.
	www.caribvoice.org /Opinions/Kissoon/guyanacollapse.html (1097 words)

	Press & Politics in Guyana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The newspaper is a model, insufficiently noticed, for the press in a political and economic transition.
		Political struggle to survive is valid now not just for the printed media in the region.
		Struggling socialist regimes: 1986 was the 'Year of Standing up for Guyana; 1987 was the 'Year of purposeful economic adjustment'; 1988 was the 'Year of staying resolutely on course'; and the change came then, when 1989 had not name but tacitly became the 'Year of scrapping all the other years'.
	www.caribvoice.org /CaribbeanDocuments/guyanapress.html (3418 words)

	Guyana OnLine
		Race has been the dominant political influence in Guyana, and since the split of the multi-racial PPP in 1955, political support has been based more on ethnicity than on ideology.
		Following independence, with the help of substantial foreign aid, social benefits were provided to a broader section of the population, specifically in health (e.g., establishment of rural clinics), education, housing, road and bridge building, agriculture, and rural development.
		After a visit to Guyana by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in 1990, at Hoyte's invitation, Hoyte made changes in the electoral rules and appointed a new chairman of the Elections Commission from a list submitted by the opppsition parties.
	www.guyanaonline.net /guyana/index.php?F=politics (641 words)

	AEGiS: Guyana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Originally a Dutch colony in the 17th century, by 1815 Guyana had become a British possession.
		The abolition of slavery led to fl settlement of urban areas and the importation of indentured servants from India to work the sugar plantations.
		Guyana achieved independence from the UK in 1966, but until the early 1990s it was ruled mostly by socialist-oriented governments.
	www.aegis.org /countries/guyana.html (654 words)

	Area Handbook Series/ Belize (Guyana and Belize)/ Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Despres, Leo A. Cultural Pluralism and Nationalist Politics in Guyana.
		Guyana: Politics, Economics, and Society--Beyond the Burnham Era.
		Seyler, Daniel J. "The Politics of Development: The Case of Jamaica and the Caribbean Basin Initiative." (Paper presented at the American University, School of International Service, 1986.) Washington: American University, 1986.
	www.country-data.com /frd/cs/belize/bz_bibl.html (4632 words)

	Guyana News and Information
		Updated news out of Guyana from major Guyanese newspapers such as the Chronicle, the Stabroek News, the Mirror, Kaieteur News and Guyana Diary.
		Collection of recent speeches by His Excellency Odeen Ishmael - Ambassador of the Republic of Guyana to Venezuela and former Ambassador of Guyana to the United States of America and to the Organization of American States.
		A collection of documents on the maritime dispute triggered by the June 2, 2000 incursion of Guyana's airspace and territorial waters by Surinamese military forces.
	www.guyana.org (518 words)

	Guyana Caribbean Politics: Book Shelf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The book, a compilation of essays on race and politics in Guyana, addresses topical issues such as Racial Insecurity and Triumphalism, African Guyanaese Marginalization, the Kean Gibson book, and Racial Extremism Militarism, in particular the Buxton-based violence and the Phantom Squad.
		Although the subject of the discussion is the African Guyanese condition, it is a larger discussion on Guyanese politics and society in particular as they relate to race and power.
		But more than ever, I hope that ordinary Guyanese, both in Guyana and the diaspora will seek to engage in their daily lives the issues I raise and discuss.
	www.guyanacaribbeanpolitics.com /books/race_political-hinds.html (493 words)

	NDI - National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
		The objectives of the conference were to discuss how to increase public debate on issues affecting women and to develop the capacity of women to advocate for improvements in the status of women in the region.
		Prior to the conference, a survey designed to measure Perceptions of Women in Politics in Guyana was discussed as at the beginning of the conference to provide context for the conference and presentations.
		The committee had its first meeting during the conference in Guyana and plans to meet again during the Antigua conference to develop a plan of action and explore ways of establishing links between groups working to increase women's political participation in the region.
	www.ndi.org /worldwide/lac/guyana/women_elect/womens_elect_pf.asp (570 words)

	Guyana Journal \| Politics/Peace
		The report in the Guyana Chronicle (1st November, 2003) is reassuring.
		It is therefore in the interest of these communities, and all Guyana by extension, that pro-active peace making be initiated.
		We still have time in Guyana, but we must not squander the opportunities for peace making, or else too late too late would be our collective outburst.
	www.guyanajournal.com /peacemak.html (1154 words)

	Guyana
		StrataGold and Newmont commence drilling on Barama JV, Guyana
		Guyana open Digicel Caribbean Cup second round with convincing win...
		Guyana and Haiti to benefit from IDB debt relief
	www.insideguyana.com (691 words)

	Bibliography / Book List: Guyana - Culture, History, Economics, Development, Politics, Philosophy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Society and Health in Guyana: The Sociology of Health Care in a Developing Nation.
		Guyana: Politics and Development in an Emergent Socialist State.
		Indians in Guyana : A Concise History from Their Arrival to the Present.
	www.ibike.org /bibliography/guyana-books.htm (1515 words)

	Guyana Caribbean Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This is a Center for Popular Education whose main aim is to provide information and discussion as a means of empowering Caribbean people of all classes and stations in life.
		The 2006 Elections are a Farce: I fear for Guyana
		Statement by Ambassador Odeen Ishmael to the OAS Permanent Council on the death of -Desmond Hoyte, Leader of the Opposition of Guyana - 29 January 2003
	www.guyanacaribbeanpolitics.com (1242 words)

	Guyana: Land of Six Peoples Politics Links
		Text of the Address to the Nation by Her Excellency Mrs.
		Janet Jagan, O.E., President of the Republic of Guyana on the Occasion of the 29th Anniversary of the Republic (23 February 1999)
		The Split of Guyana's Pre-Independence PPP and the Emergence of Racial Polarization
	www.landofsixpeoples.com /gylinkspolitics.htm (207 words)

	Politics of Guyana
		Legislative power rests in a unicameral National Assembly, with 53 members chosen on the basis of proportional representation from national lists named by the political parties.
		In national elections on December 15, 1997, Janet Jagan was elected President, and her PPP party won a 55% majority of seats in Parliament.
		Political pressure groups and leaders: Civil Liberties Action Committee or CLAC; Guyana Council of Indian Organizations or GCIO; Trades Union Congress or TUC
	www.fastload.org /po/Politics_of_Guyana.html (1285 words)

	Guyana,Guyana News,Guyana Politics,Guyana Information,Guyana Media,Guyana Commentaries By Tony Vieira
		Over the past two years the Tony Vieira commentaries on Guyana and the Guyana situation have become, for many, the most important single media event in the country.
		The commentaries aired in Guyana on VCT channel 28 weekly, looks at the social, economic, political, administrative and judicial structure of the country, and many, if not most, of the predictions and conclusions have materialized.
		The commentaries have also become a standard of conversation throughout Guyana and even after two years they still remain a valid source of information and research into the current break down of the entire legal, socio-economic and political situation in the country
	www.tonyvguy.com (200 words)

	Independent Lens . THUNDER IN GUYANA . Learn More \| PBS
		This 1998 interview with Janet Jagan discusses her decades of work in Guyana and her then-position as the country’s president.
		This in-depth study features a country profile and chapters on Guyana’s ethnic populations, foreign relations, political and social history and more.
		Find out how “political instability, inter-ethnic tension and economic mismanagement” has made Guyana’s one of the world’s poorest countries, and view a timeline of key historical events.
	www.pbs.org /independentlens/thunderinguyana/more.html (395 words)

	Guyana Travel Forums - Directory of every Guyana Travel Forum, Photo Gallery, Trip Report, Map and Cam
		Guyana Infoline - On Guyana, Guyana news, Guyana politics, caribbean business, Guyana picture and travel, Guyana facts and culture.
		Guyana Resource Center - News and Information on Guyana and Guyanese culture.
		- The "Original" Guyana Chat Room was established in March 1997 and continues to be the most popular Guyanese chat site, receiving over 6,000 hits / week.
	www.caribbeantravelforums.com /Guyana.htm (222 words)

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