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Oct 29, 2023 Letters
Dear Editor,
On behalf of all Guyanese, please allow me the courtesy to extend a warm welcome to our new U.S Ambassador to Guyana, her Excellency, Ms. Nicole Theriot.
Madam Ambassador, in Guyana you will find warm, generous and hopeful people. Unfortunately for you, we look to America to solve many of our problems. Your predecessor Sara Ann Lynch was viewed by most of the Guyanese people with great admiration and gratitude. She was a lion of diplomacy, and we like to think of her as the Caribbean’s iron lady. However, while we are blessed with oil, we are cursed with racial acrimony which has dominated every facet of life, including our past elections. Your country had to intervene and rescue Guyana’s democracy twice when the ruling party lost and refused to vacate office. In 1992, it was Democratic President Jimmy Carter, and in 2020 it was Republican President Donald Trump who saved our democracy.
During your tenure in Guyana, you will be severely lobbied by everyone to be sympathetic to their cause. All we ask of you is to be fair and impartial.
We know that you do not have the panacea to solve all of Guyana’s problems, but we have a simple, but important wish list for you. Here they are:
(1) Please use all the power and influence that is available to you to ensure that Venezuela does not have a free reign to invade Guyana.
(2) Have the economic, legal and regulatory powers in the United States do the right thing and lean on Exxon Mobil to renegotiate the horrible oil contract they have with Guyana
(3) Make it easier for Guyana to extradite wanted Guyanese fugitives living in America
(4) Expose any lies or hidden agenda of any U.S politician who unilaterally chose to interfere in Guyana’s domestic affairs, by giving regular briefings
(5) Erect a statue of Sara Ann Lynch in your Embassy compound or rename the U.S Embassy in her honor
Finally, a caveat. Our next general election is approximately two years away in 2025. If the past is any prologue, the losing party will cry foul and scream that the election was rigged. They will demand that the U.S Ambassador use her powers to overturn the results. And if you do not do it, a campaign will be launched to remove and replace you.
Seems hard to believe? Just ask Ambassador Sara Lynch.
Respectfully yours,
Chitrakha Persaud
Mineral and oil rich country borrowing to feed, clothe and house its citizens.
Sep 08, 2024
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