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	Guyana - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On the east Guyana is separated from Suriname by the Courantyne (Corantijn or Corentyne) River.
		Guyana became a republic in 1970, embarking on a socialist path that ultimately led to economic ruin.
		In 1992 Hoyte lost the presidency to the former prime minister (1957-64) and ex-Marxist Cheddi Jagan of the PPP.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-guyana.html (1140 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.
		Any Minister performing the functions of the office of President by virtue of the proviso to paragraph (1) (a) shall cease to perform those functions if he is notified by the Prime Minister that the Prime Minister is about to assume the office of President.
		A Minister who was not an elected member of the Assembly at the time of his appointment shall (unless he becomes such a member) be a member of the Assembly by virtue of holding the office of Minister but shall not vote in the Assembly.
	pdba.georgetown.edu /Constitutions/Guyana/guyana96.html (10596 words)

	A History of the Republic of Guyana, South America
		Prime Minister Forbes Burnham reported to the nation on October 14, 1966 that Venezuelans were occupying the Guyana portion of Ankoko Island at the confluence of the Cuyuni and Wenamu Rivers.
		Cheddi Jagan became the third Executive President and Samuel Hinds of the Civic component of the joint slate was sworn in as Prime Minister.
		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.
	www.guyanaguide.com /history.html (4358 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Guyana's prime minister calls for independent investigation of hit squad ...
		GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana's prime minister has called for an independent commission to investigate allegations that the government ran a hit squad blamed for more than 40 killings in the past year.
		Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, the No. 2 official in the government after the president, made the proposal Sunday night in an interview on an independent television station.
		But critics say the probe is not credible because Home Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj has been accused of leading an extra-judicial hit squad to battle a surge in violent crime in the South American country of 700,000 residents.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040216-1217-guyana-hitsquad.html (413 words)

	Guyana (09/06)
		Guyana achieved independence in May 1966, and became a republic on February 23, 1970--the anniversary of the Cuffy slave rebellion.
		Following Burnham's own death in 1985, Prime Minister Hugh Desmond Hoyte acceded to the presidency and was formally elected in the December 1985 national elections.
		She was Guyana's first female prime minister and vice president, two roles she performed concurrently before being elected to the presidency.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1984.htm (4121 words)

	GUYANA
		Guyana army chief denies army is plotting coup
		Guyana judge declares 1997 elections null and void
		Jagan's heir sworn in as prime minister in Guyana
	www.latinamericanstudies.org /guyana.htm (117 words)

	PC(USA) - Worldwide Ministries: Guyana - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Following the abolition of slavery in 1834, thousands of indentured laborers were brought to Guyana, replacing slaves on sugar cane plantations, primarily from India but also from Portugal and China.
		Guyana gained independence in May 1966, becoming a republic on February 23, 1970, the anniversary of the Cuffy slave rebellion.
		From December 1964 until his death in August 1985 Burnham ruled Guyana in an autocratic manner, first as prime minister and, after the adoption of a new constitution in 1980, as executive president.
	www.pcusa.org /worldwide/guyana/history.htm (408 words)

	Detailed Guyana News - March 19, 1997
		He selected ministers who worked with him and who together with him ensured that the public administration would be honourable and that no profit of any kind would be made out of the condition of Guyana’s peoples by politicians who held public office.
		Guyana's Foreign Minister, Clement Rohee, played a key role in the talks with the Colombian government, ensuring that the aircraft was returned speedily.
		Jamaica’s Prime Minister, P.J. Patterson: "Dr. Jagan was a towering figure in Caribbean politics, whose remarkable career began in the fight against colonial oppression, and ended in his efforts as Head of State and government to achieve the full development of his people and the abundant resources of his sovereign country.
	www.guyana.org /GuyNews/icw28.htm (9394 words)

	Guyanaca.com: Feature-The Trail of Diplomacy-Part 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Guyana's position received wider support internationally when the final declaration of the Sixth Seminar of Latin American Journalists, which was held from the 20 May to 2 June 1981 in Cuba, expressed support for Guyana against "the negative campaigns of Venezuela.
		The Ministers discussed this matter in the context of recent developments in the political controversy arising from the Venezuelan contention that the 1899 arbitral award, which settled the boundaries between Guyana and Venezuela, is null and void.
		In that communication the Minister raised what purported to be an objection by his Government to the involvement of the World Bank in the realisation of the Upper Mazaruni Hydro-electric Project in Guyana C a project on which the Government of Guyana and the Bank have been in consultation for some time.
	www.guyanaca.com /features/trail_diplomacy_pt7.html (18139 words)

	Executive Presidents of Guyana
		He was elected President of the West Indian Students Union in London in 1947 and subsequently participated as a delegate of the Union in the International Union of Students’ congress in Prague and Paris in 1947 and 1948 respectively.
		As a Minister of Government, he had at various times responsibility for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) affairs under the Lome Convention and was the ACP spokesman on sugar for 1981 to 1983.
		He was Guyana’s chief representative at the deliberations which led to the establishment of the Latin American Economic System (SELA) and was a member of the Latin American Council from 1975 to 1983.
	www.silvertorch.com /arts/guy_pres.htm (2355 words)

	Guyana Prime Minister: Claims of discrimination in the distribution of flood relief items unfounded (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Guyana Prime Minister: Claims of discrimination in the distribution of flood relief items unfounded
		Prime Minister Hinds said that those communities that were missed included people of all ethnicities, race and religion.
		Government Ministers, beginning January 24 went into these areas, braving several feet of water to ensure that the ‘pockets’ of people who had not received aid were reached.
	www.cdera.org /cunews/news/guyana/printer_838.php (511 words)

	Glowing tributes for Jamaica’s Prime Minister P.J. Patterson
		The Jamaica Prime Minister explained that the committee was established prior to a number of initiatives which had drastically, dramatically and constantly changed the global international scenario over the period of his chairmanship.
		He said Prime Minister Patterson over the years “has displayed a level of political acumen and diplomacy that we can only aspire to” and has been an inspiration to all who work in that position on behalf of the Caribbean.
		Ken Valley said the Caribbean owed Prime Minister Patterson a debt of gratitude for a wide array of service to the Region including the establishment of LIAT as a regional airline.
	www.caricom.org /jsp/pressreleases/pres35_06.jsp (656 words)

	Guyana - Presidential Flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Prime Minister Janet Jagan presenting the late President Jagan's Standard to Chief-of-Staff Joe Singh yesterday.
		She noted that Guyana is one of the main areas in this region that is home to this endangered species.
		The Prime Minister disclosed that although the late President had not been involved in the finer details of design, the Standard had, nevertheless, been prepared under his guidance.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gy-pres.html (600 words)

	What is CARIFESTA
		Two successive Conferences of outstanding Caribbean Writers and Artists in 1966 and 1970 recommended to then Prime Minister of Guyana, Hon LFS Burnham that they would welcome the invitation to an annual Festival of the Arts.
		Prime Minister Burnham had related his vision of a cultural mecca for the Region's people.
		Guyana, the host country, spared no resource and energy and achieved a Festival of unprecedented standard.
	www.guyfolkfest.org /whatiscarifesta.htm (497 words)

	Independent Lens . THUNDER IN GUYANA . The Film \| PBS
		In THUNDER IN GUYANA, Wasserman uses interviews, family photos and archival footage to tell the story of her remarkable cousin: a tale of life-long love, political campaigns and struggles to bring progressive policies to an adopted country.
		Dashing Cheddi Jagan, born in the former British colony of Guyana on South America's northern coast, was the son of East Indian Guyanese indentured sugar plantation workers.
		In Guyana’s historic election of 1953, the first election in its history with universal adult suffrage, Cheddi was elected Chief Minister and Janet the country's first female minister and deputy speaker of Parliament.
	www.pbs.org /independentlens/thunderinguyana/film.html (605 words)

	Guyana: Constitution, 1970
		The territory of the State comprises the areas that immediately before the commencement of this Constitution were comprised in the area of Guyana together with such other areas as may be declared by Act of Parliament to form part of the territory of t he State.
		(2) Any Minister performing the functions of the office of President by virtue of the proviso to paragraph (1)(a) shall cease to perform those functions if he is notified by the Prime Minister that the Prime Minister is about to assume the office of President.
		(2) The Prime Minister shall be the principal assistant of the President in the discharge of his executive functions and leader of Government business in the National Assembly.
	pdba.georgetown.edu /Constitutions/Guyana/guyana70.html (15281 words)

	Guyana. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The leading parties are the socialist People’s National Congress (PNC), the Marxist-oriented People’s Progressive party (PPP), the conservative United Force party (UF), and the Alliance for Guyana (AFG).
		In 1992 Hoyte lost the presidency to the former prime minister (1957–64) and ex-Marxist Cheddi Jagan of the PPP.
		See R. Glasgow, Guyana: Race and Politics among Africans and East Indians (1970); A. Adamson, Sugar Without Slaves: The Political Economy of British Guiana, 1838–1904 (1972); R. Manley, Guyana Emergent: The Post Independence Struggle for Non-Dependent Development (1982); C. Singh, Guyana: Politics in a Plantation Society (1988).
	www.bartleby.com /65/gu/Guyana.html (1030 words)

	List of Prime Ministers of Guyana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This page lists chief ministers and prime ministers of Guyana.
		See also lists of incumbents, list of Governors-General of Guyana, list of Presidents of Guyana.
		[edit] Prime Ministers of Guyana, 1966 to present
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Guyana (164 words)

	Sam Hinds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Samuel Archibald Anthony Hinds (born December 27, 1943) Politician and Prime Minister of Guyana from 1999.
		He was Prime Minister under Cheddi Jagan, who died in March 1997.
		After the re-election of the government in the August 28, 2006 election, Hinds was sworn in as prime minister again in early September.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sam_Hinds (168 words)

	PREAMBLE
		In the preceding paragraph "the appropriate service authority" means the authority in which, under the provisions of this Constitution, is vested the power to make appointments to the public office held by the person to be appointed as Clerk or Deputy Clerk is to be appointed to assume or resume, as the case may be.
		There shall be an Elections Commission for Guyana consisting of a Chairman and such other members as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of this article.
		If, by reason of his illness, absence from Guyana or suspension under the said article 225, any member of the Elections Commission is unable to perform his functions as such, a temporary member may be appointed in his place.
	www.cmseducation.org /wconsts/guyana.html (15053 words)

	Prime Minister Errol Barrow
		To those who have not been engaged on the slow process of Caribbean integration, it would appear that this journey commenced at Chaguaramas a few short months ago, and like a race which takes place in a stadium, the end is where the start was.
		To the Chairman of this meeting, and the distinguished Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, it started with his struggles at the University of Oxford, when I can truly say, he wrestled with the beast at Ephesus.
		I think that the writings of Dr. Williams, the economic researches of Professor Arthur Lewis, were the first faint glimmerings of the indication that the Caribbean people were capable of managing their own affairs.
	www.silvertorch.com /arts/barrow1.htm (286 words)

	Jagan's heir sworn in as prime minister in Guyana
		As the new prime minister, 35-year-old Bharrat Jagdeo is legally positioned
		Sam Hinds, who resigned as prime minister to make way for Jagdeo, will be
		Guyana's politics are polarized between Indian-Guyanese, who support
	www.latinamericanstudies.org /guyana/heir.htm (349 words)

	Guyana's Prime Minister Speaks
		This is a new level of crime in Guyana; with people with heavy machine gunsthis is new to us.
		Second part is to set up a police academy so they can be better trained, and to equip them better so they can be more comfortable in controlling situations, so there is less chance they will act in a frantic manner and be more in control.
		The Secretary of Health of the US was recently with Ministers of Health in Guyana to discuss this subject.
	www.caribvoice.org /Features/samhindsspeaks.html (973 words)

	Chapter 10
		Provided that a person who is not eligible to be elected as President shall not be eligible for appointment as Prime Minister.
		(2) Subject to the provisions of article 101 (1), Vice-Presidents and other Ministers shall be appointed by the President from among persons who are elected members of the National Assembly or subject to subparagraph (vii) of paragraph (3)(a) of article 160 are qualified to be elected as such members.
		Articles 101(1) and 103(2) shall have effect in relation to any period between a dissolution of Parliament and the day on which the next election of members of the Assembly is held pursuant to the provisions of article 61, as if Parliament had not been dissolved.
	www.sdnp.org.gy /parliament/constitution/Chapter10.html (1598 words)

	The Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana Act 1980 - Chapter X
		The Constitution of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana Act 1980 - Chapter X
		Subject to the provisions of article 101(1), Vice-Presidents and other Ministers shall be appointed by the President from among persons who are elected members of the National Assembly or are qualified to be elected as such members.
		In the exercise of his functions under this Constitutions or any other law, the President shall act in accordance with his own deliberate judgment except in cases where, by this Constitution or by any other law, he is required to act in accordance with the advice or on the recommendation of any person or authority.
	www.guyanaguide.com /constitution/cons_ch10.html (1087 words)

	Electricity & Energy Sectors - Guyana (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This web site is intended to make information on Guyana's electricity and energy sectors more accessible to the public.
		It offers information on the policies, legislative and institutional framework that are in place to govern the sectors.
		Further it provides details on the projects and programmes that are, and will be, implemented to further sector development and contribute to the enhancement of the socio-economic situation in Guyana.
	www.electricity.gov.gy.cob-web.org:8888 (227 words)

	GeographyIQ - World Atlas - South America - Guyana - Historical Highlights
		GeographyIQ - World Atlas - South America - Guyana - Historical Highlights
		World > South America > Guyana> Historical Highlights (Notes)
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	www.geographyiq.com /countries/gy/Guyana_history_summary.htm (906 words)

	Contact Office of the Prime Minister - Guyana
		Contact Office of the Prime Minister - Guyana
		Office of the Prime Minister and Minister of Public Works and Communications
		This site is designed and maintained by the Office of the Prime Minister - Guyana.
	www.electricity.gov.gy /contactus.php (88 words)

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