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	Princeton - News - President of Guyana to Speak on New and Restored Democracies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chicago-born Janet Jagan was elected president of Guyana on December 15, 1997, becoming the first woman to lead the South American nation and one of only four women heads of state in the world today.
		In 1957, she was appointed minister of labor, health, and housing and, from 1963 to 1964, served as minister of home affairs and as a member of the Senate.
		From 1970 to 1997 she was president of the Union of Guyanese Journalists, and from 1973 to 1997 edited the newspaper Mirror.
	www.princeton.edu /pr/news/98/q3/0910-jagan.htm (379 words)

	Guyana -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Co-operative Republic of Guyana is a nation along the northern coastline of (A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama) South America.
		Guyana's culture is very similar to that of the English speaking (Region including the Caribbean islands) Caribbean.
		Guyana shares similar interests with these islands in the (The string of islands between North and South America; a popular resort area) West Indies, such as food, festive events, music, sports, etc.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gu/guyana.htm (1557 words)

	Guyana: Constitution, 1980 with 1996 reforms
		Guyana is an indivisible, secular, democratic sovereign state in the course of transition from capitalism to socialism and shall be known as the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
		It is the duty of every citizen of Guyana wherever he may be and of every person in Guyana to respect the national flag, the coat of arms, the national anthem and the Constitution of Guyana, and to treat them with due and proper solemnity on all occasions.
		A person born outside Guyana after the commencement of the Constitution shall become a citizen of Guyana at the date of his birth if at the date his father or his mother is a citizen of Guyana otherwise that by virtue of this article.
	www.georgetown.edu /LatAmerPolitical/Constitutions/Guyana/guyana96.html (10270 words)

	Guyana
		President Jagan issued a radio appeal not to drink water from the Omai or Essequibo rivers as dangerous levels of cyanide continue to flow downriver.
		Guyana's government, overloaded with international debt and already in a state of bankruptcy, does not have the financial or technological means to cope with the cyanide flow, which has already reached the open waters of the Atlantic, potentially causing more damage to rich fishing waters of South America.
		President Jagan admitted that many control functions are outside the government's present capacity due to their cost, and will take longer to implement than the present ecological protections.
	www.monitor.net /monitor/9-2-95/guyana.html (1210 words)

	Jubilee 2000: News: President of Guyana in meeting with Jubilee 2000 challenges IMF prevarication on debt relief (26 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		President Bharrat Jagdeo was speaking at a meeting with Ms Cisneros on Friday 16 June in his presidential office in Georgetown, Guyana.
		President Bharrat Jagdeo, in his meeting with Ms Cisneros, denied that the budget deficit was the reason for excluding Guyana from HIPC.
		Guyana was one of the four countries that became eligible, and received debt relief ($256 million -NPV) under HIPC I in 1998 - after meeting tough IMF conditions.
	www.jubilee2000uk.org /jubilee2000/news/guyana260600.html (497 words)

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		As President of Guyana between 1985-1992, Hoyte will be remembered for the far-reaching electoral and economic reforms which laid the foundation for Guyana's economic recovery and a strengthening of the democratic culture.
		The first was the sincerity with which Hoyte, then President, had assured him that he had nothing to do with the attack on him at the Square of the Revolution during the 1992 election campaign and his assurance that the election would reflect the will of the people.
		Hoyte as President is the architect of the Iwokrama Rainforest Project and as Minister of the Government he had at various times responsibility for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) affairs under the Lome Convention and was the group's spokesman for sugar from 1981-1983.
	www.spiceislander.com /pages/news/news122302.htm (1621 words)

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		The Czech President, Vaclav Havel, whose wife attended the funeral of one victim of drowning by racists, is aware that the country's human rights record with regard to Roma will be scrutinised by the European Union as part of the Republic's application to join.
		President Ulmanis responded by sacking the head of the army and the chief of police for failing to protect the synagogue.
		Guyana also elected a former US citizen to office, while former President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, is threatened with losing his citizenship.
	www.transcomm.ox.ac.uk /traces/page2.htm (2403 words)

	President Jagan's Death (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Guyana's Ambassador to the USA, Odeen Ishmael will perform his official duty tomorrow and return the body of our fallen leader Dr. Cheddi Jagan, to his native Guyana.
		The Cabinet reaffirmed unswerving commitment to the ideals of the late President, and asked that the nation honor his memory with serenity and calm during the official period of National Mourning.
		President Hinds, a Chemical Engineer, was born in Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara on December 27, 1943.
	www.guyana.org /GuyNews/Med_Crisis/from_guyana.htm (388 words)

	Guyana (08/05)
		President Jagan's widow, Janet Jagan, was elected president in December 1997.
		She was Guyana's first female prime minister and vice president, two roles she performed concurrently before being elected to the presidency.
		In December 2002 Desmond Hoyte, former President and Leader of the Opposition, died and was replaced by Robert Corbin as chairman of the PNC/R and Leader of the Opposition.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1984.htm (4103 words)

	The My Hero Project - Janet Jagan
		In 1970, she was elected president of the Union of Guyanese Journalists (UGJ), and from 1973 to 1997, edited the Mirror, a national newspaper.
		In office, her presidency was defined by a sense of vision and wider purpose.
		President Jagan addresses the nation of Guyana A speech delivered Feb. 23, 1999.
	myhero.com /hero.asp?hero=j_jagan (994 words)

	CHARLES BRAY's Guyan Journal
		The western part, which became Guyana, went to the British [then known as British Guiana], while the central region was controlled by the Dutch and the east by the French.
		In July 22nd 1998, the President of Guyana, Janet Jagan, who is visiting neighboring Venezuela, has held talks with her Venezuelan counterpart, Rafael Caldera, on a territorial dispute going back more than a century.
		President: Bharrat Jagdeo: Born in 1964, Bharrat Jagdeo was sworn in as president in August 1999 upon Janet Jagan's resignation on health grounds.
	www.greatestcities.com /users/cbray5003/South_America/Guyana (3916 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Guyana's former president, Desmond Hoyte, dies at 73 - Monday \| December 23, 2002
		Hoyte, a British-trained lawyer who received his law degree in 1959, was Guyana's President from 1985-1992, when his party lost to the governing People's Progressive Party.
		Guyana's population of nearly 700,000 is almost evenly divided between people of African descent, who support the opposition, and those of East Indian descent, who largely back the governing party.
		Guyana has seen dozens of carjackings, armed robberies and more than 150 killings this year - four times than of last year.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20021223/news/news5.html (586 words)

	AllRefer.com - Guyana - Relations with Communist Countries \| Guyanese Information Resource
		President Burnham flew with Fidel Castro Ruz in Castro's airplane to the NAM conference in Algiers in 1973.
		In 1992 it remained to be seen whether Guyana had undergone merely another tactical policy shift as an expedient or was truly set on a path of democracy.
		Guyana's nonaligned foreign policy and the border dispute with Venezuela have been the two key subjects.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/guyana/guyana121.html (684 words)

	Carrington gets Guyana's third highest honour - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		President of Guyana Bharrat Jagdeo bestowed the honour on Carrington on July 23 during an investiture ceremony.
		The ceremony, which was held at the office of the president, was attended by representatives of the judiciary, members of Guyana's Cabinet and staff of the Caricom secretariat.
		The office of the president said the insignia of the CCH, under the Order of Service to Guyana, was presented to Carrington in recognition of his "indefatigable service to the region with distinction and commitment as Secretary-General of the Community".
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20040726T180000-0500_63462_OBS_CARRINGTON_GETS_GUYANA_S_THIRD_HIGHEST_HONOUR.asp (258 words)

	GINA \| GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AGENCY \| GUYANA
		The President lobbied for the budgetary aid to Guyana from the UK to remain the same as it was before recent allocations by the UK to rebuilding Iraq following the war.
		The President said that a single exam should not determine the future of the children, as those who pass on the secondary schools are given a chance to qualify themselves further, either in the world of work or at another learning institution, such as the University.
		The President also reiterated that his Government is willing to hear the voices of children and urged the Media to play a more consistent role in broadcasting children’s opinion on issues and giving them a chance to be heard.
	www.gina.gov.gy /archive/daily/b031213.html (1950 words)

	Caribbean Net News: Guyana
		GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): A self-professed voodoo priestess was jailed Thursday awaiting sentencing for fatally beating a woman during a ritual to exorcise evil spirits from her and burying her body in a shallow grave, authorities said...
		The Guyana Government is considering utilising funds from a $17 million escrow account, deposited by the airline in the initial stages of its operations, to bring relief to stranded passengers...
		GEORGETOWN Guyana: The Guyana Bar Association is contemplating legal action against Barbados for the mass deportation of Guyanese travelers, while the Barbados Government remains silent amid mounting pressure to respond to claims of continued harassment of Guyanese travelers to the island...
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /guyana/guyana.htm (1751 words)

	Guyana Caribbean Politics - Desmond Hoyte 1929-2002
		Assistant Secretary General Luigi Einaudi has written to Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rudy Insanally, expressing the condolences of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Sunday’s passing of Desmond Hoyte, a former president of Guyana, who was leader of the opposition Peoples National Congress/Reform at the time of his death.
		Speaking as well on the Secretary General’s behalf, Ambassador Einaudi recalled that Hoyte assumed the mantle of the Presidency of Guyana in 1985 at a critical time in the country’s history, asserting that he would be remembered for his courage in changing the economic and political system.
		The following year, he was appointed President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and PNC Leader on Tuesday August 6, 1985 after the death of President Forbes Burnham and less than six months after his two children died in a road accident on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway.
	www.guyanacaribbeanpolitics.com /commentary/hoyte.html (1758 words)

	Meeting the President of Guyana
		The President was very happy to see that there are concerned and willing alumni who are trying to help and support the educational needs of the country.
		President Jagdeo relayed to us that there were about 1200 schools in Guyana all in need of renovations, some in much worse condition than St. Rose’s.
		During his formal address to the invited guests, the President referenced the earlier conversation he had with us members of the St. Rose’s Alumni Association USA (NYC) to highlight that the Government has committed and reserved funds to invest in the improvement of education in Guyana.
	www.strosesalumni.org /Heart/Alumni_NY/Executive/President2004-5/President%20of%20Guy604.htm (413 words)

	Branches of Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Guyana is governed by three separate, but complementary, branches of Government: the Legislature (National Assembly), the Executive (President, Cabinet and Government Departments) and the Judiciary (Courts). The power to run the country is divided among the three branches to create a system of checks and balances.
		The President is not a member of the National Assembly but has the power to attend and address the Assembly at any time. The President has to assent to a bill passed by the National Assembly before the bill becomes law.
		The Chancellor of the Judiciary is the chief representative of the judicial authority of Guyana.
	www.sdnp.org.gy /parliament/branches.htm (254 words)

	Jagan, Cheddi on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1992, in a political comeback, Jagan was elected president of Guyana, defeating incumbent Desmond Hoyte.
		GUYANA PRESIDENT CHEDDI JAGAN, FORMER MARXIST AND `CHAMPION OF THE POOR'.(News/National/International)
		Cheddi Jagan, Guyana president and liberator, dies; educated at Howard University.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/J/Jagan-C1h.asp (429 words)

	Brazilian president expresses solidarity with flood-hit Guyana - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Brazil was among the first countries to respond to the crisis, sending 16 tons (14 metric tons) of food and other supplies for thousands of residents forced from their homes last month by the worst rains in a century.
		Guyana is upset about a complaint filed by Brazil, Australia and Thailand in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the EU sugar policies.
		Lula is the second Brazilian president to visit Guyana, which borders Brazil to the north.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20050215T210000-0500_75186_OBS_BRAZILIAN_PRESIDENT_EXPRESSES_SOLIDARITY_WITH_FLOOD_HIT_GUYANA.asp (394 words)

	Another hit- from Guyana: Land of Six Peoples
		Mr Jagdeo dismissed recent suggestions that funds from the lottery had illegally been used for the President's Youth Initiative scheme and stressed that every cent spent from Lotto was done in accordance with the laws of Guyana.
		The President yesterday circulated the Lotteries Act of Guyana Chapter 80:07 and the agreement with the Lottery Committee to back his statement that everything was above board with spending the Lotto funds.
		The President, in his discussions with Goolsarran, said he quoted the Lotteries Act which stated: "At the end of each financial year, there shall be paid into the Development Fund of Guyana, after allowing for all expenses and the amount reserved for prizes, the amount standing to the credit of the Government Lotteries Account."
	www.landofsixpeoples.com /news/nc01014.htm (670 words)

	Another hit- from Guyana: Land of Six Peoples
		PRESIDENT Bharrat Jagdeo says the campaign for the March 19 elections by the governing People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is "one of bringing us together" and urged other parties to follow suit.
		PRESIDENT Jagdeo yesterday also denied claims by the PNC/Reform that the sugar, rice and bauxite industries were in trouble.
		President Jagdeo also noted that income has grown phenomenally in the industry and workers were getting a significantly higher salary than in 1992.
	www.landofsixpeoples.com /news/nc102273.htm (1257 words)

	A homecoming for Guyana's president
		It was an emotional return for Guyana's president to his ancestral village in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
		Guyana abounded in Indian culture and cuisine, he said, adding "there are some variations but the essence is Indian.
		Most of the people in Guyana are of Indian descent, who are proud...
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/aug/24jag.htm (376 words)

	Guyana
		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: Government - Government Guyana has a 53-member unicameral legislature, the national assembly, whose members are...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107608.html (888 words)

	Speech by Ambassador Odeen Ishmael Dec 23rd 1999
		Venezuela is one of those countries that helped Guyana cope with the effects of the prolonged El Nino drought conditions last year, Now it is our neighbour’s hour of need, and I want to assure my distinguished colleague, the Ambassador of Venezuela, that Guyanese are responding in providing necessary assistance.
		In Guyana itself, the Venezuelan Embassy and a leading non-governmental organisation known as the "Guyana is First" group are coordinating the relief effort.
		The President of Guyana, His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo has also sent a message of sympathy to President Hugo Chavez and has indicated that Guyana stands willing to help in whatever way it can.
	www.guyana.org /Speeches/ishmael_venezuela122399.html (722 words)

	President lauds Guyana-Venezuela cooperation
		PRESIDENT Bharrat Jagdeo has congratulated the Republic of Venezuela on the occasion of its 195th anniversary which was observed last Friday.
		The President lauded the cooperation of the two states at various international and bilateral levels, including the Organisation of American States, the Group of 77, the Non-Aligned Movement and most of all its contiguous states, as Guyana and Venezuela continue to work assiduously with other countries of the region to promote common objectives.
		It also flows from the so many similar challenges and difficulties we are facing and sharing identical values and commitments," remarked Pulvenis, adding that the common commitments include respect for democracy, rule of law, for the constitutions of both countries, social justice, the fight against poverty and sustainable development for the prosperity of both nations.
	www.landofsixpeoples.com /news022/nc207095.htm (496 words)

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