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We seem to have lost out again with the Brazilians
Dear Editor,
We seem to have lost out again with the Brazilians. Since it’s July and we have not been told anything about the ultimatum given to us by them, to decide if we will partner with them in building a Hydroelectric dam, a deep water harbour and a proper highway to Brazil, by the end of June.
Numerous Brazilian delegations from all levels have approached this government in desperation to allow this development of both Guyana and Brazil to move forward, but they have gotten tired of asking this corrupt government to be their partners to do these projects which will benefit both countries, so they had given them an ultimatum, if by the end of June the PPP didn’t agree to the projects they would go to Suriname.
We keep asking ourselves why? Why? Why? How could we not embrace these projects with Brazil since they could benefit this country in such a fundamental way?
I know the answer and it is almost too ridiculous to put on paper, that a government would not do what is right for their country, since it would interrupt corruption!
We hardly have any big projects with the World Bank or the IDB today, since none of our projects would pass their criteria as being feasible, including the Skeldon Project. We have the Chinese financing everything, airport, Marriott, hydropower, and their objective does not seem to be to lend us money for projects which can be repaid, since we are investing in schemes which are not viable and could never return a profit, we have to ask ourselves why the Chinese are doing this? The answer is simple. They are essentially
recolonizing us through economic debt and the current executives of the PPP don’t care, they are filling their pockets and that is all they are interested in. When the time comes the Chinese will leave us here, whilst the PPP fat cats will migrate to the US and other countries and live like kings.
It’s a different phenomenon with the Brazilians, they need us to be their partners because of our geological location so that we both can benefit from the development it can bring, but they, the Brazilians, will build it, so the shenanigans the PPP have become notorious for will have to stop for these projects – no more corrupt contractors kicking back money to Freedom House, and for this reason alone, we will be denied development, and continue to live in poverty in perpetuity.
Tony Vieira
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