Foreigners are vying for Guyana’s resources

Feb 07, 2019 Letters

Dear Editor

I took what would have been a quiet Christmas holiday season 2018 and decided to spend it in Guyana. Of course, every time I decide to visit the country I have to overcome trepidation of being unwelcomed back to my homeland in addition to being careful for my wellbeing.
During this visit, I was appalled at the childish politics in the shape of a no-confidence vote at a time when our government should be at its most cautious, bringing Guyanese people together and more so protecting the country in the wake of a myriad of problems stemming from the discovery of oil.
In addition, foreigners are vying to take our resource-rich interior of wood and gold, wild-life, etc. and no one is paying attention. I was also appalled at the complacency with which Guyanese people accepted this incompetence from both sides regarding the management of Guyana’s kitchen-table issues – education, cleanliness, employment, etc.
This is a most critical time for Guyanese to come together – African, Indian, Portuguese, Amerindians and Guyanese-born Whites and Chinese. The Venezuelans, Brazilians and Cubans are slowly creeping in and before long Guyanese WILL be the minority in their own country.
In addition, Americans via Exxon are buying lands and acquiring property when they could only legally lease. The Chinese from China now own almost all the stores on Regent Street and employ only Venezuelans and Brazilians. They have been laying off the Guyanese staff.
The Cubans have no regard for our country. They see Guyana as a port where they come to buy cheap, lead-based China Chinese goods with no care for what happens to Guyana. The China Chinese themselves just use Guyana as a ”marketplace” to sell their trash and send billions of dollars back home to China.
Meanwhile, the Guyanese leadership sits silent while the Opposition plots to sell out part of the country west of the Essequibo and begins the horrible discord with a plea for a no-confidence vote that passed because many leaders are selfish, care nothing for Guyanese citizens and have not one iota of love for country.
My humble advice to the leadership is:
1. Come together ASAP to protect the country from these blights
2. Curtail this seemingly loose immigration to Guyana
3. Take seriously the offers from concerned Guyanese from the diaspora to come back and help
4. Seek to unify the Guyanese citizens; after all, we are the ones who will lose the most
5. With help from returning Guyanese, the leadership should have all the knowledge and know-how on most of the issues regarding oil and the development of Guyana as a whole.
To the citizenry, cut out the black and white, pink and blue bias nonsense and work together. PLEASE!

Lorna Abraham

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