I thought Pres. Ali was describing the PPPC Govt., only to realise it was Maduro’s

Dec 15, 2023 Letters

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Dear Editor,

There is a troubling crisis brewing on Guyana’s border instigated by Venezuela’s Maduro, which got more troubling with the crash of a missing military helicopter and tragic deaths of senior brass of Guyana’s military. Rightfully, all Guyanese should be mourning and hoping for a calm and peaceful resolution to the recent border crisis.

Now the propaganda arm of Guyana’s government and their mouthpieces are changing the narrative of people’s thoughts, saying now is not the time to criticize the government and mention the root causes that got us here in the first place. The mouthpieces now contend we must think of the families of the dead military men.  Fine, but since when did PPP mouthpieces care about soldiers in the GDF?  Where were these mouthpieces when the honorary ex-military Officer Malcolm Harripaul was arrested and treated like a slave wearing foot chains for his opinion on the PPP’s attitude towards the military? The PPP propaganda arm has never said anything about the deaths of Guyanese due to the flaring and dumping of superheated water into the ocean by ExxonMobil, some even called VP Jagdeo brilliant, when he said Guyana’s forests are big enough to absorb the pollution from the oil operations, and Guyana will be receiving carbon credits for the pollution.

President Ali in his interviews on foreign media, described a government as corrupt, undemocratic, targeting critics, and unfavorable among the majority of the population.  It was only when he called Maduro’s name, that I realized then he wasn’t talking about the PPP government. Now we must accept the narrative focusing on Maduro’s aggression to Guyana, but not the secrecy, and unethical Guyana’s’ government dealings with foreign exploiters that are the root causes. Just like when people were to focus on wounded, and dead soldiers of invading countries in the last Iraq war, but not on the lies by George Bush, and Tony Blair that started the war, and not on the Iraqi deaths. Just like the Hamas attack on Israel, but not the genocidal ethnic cleansing of Palestine, even as Israel carpet bombs Palestine areas that did not vote for, nor support Hamas.

We got here because both APNU and PPP/C practices in government allowed foreign companies and governments into Guyana to do whatever they wanted, once these foreigners came bearing gifts for MPs. I have mentioned many times, that the global predators were never going to sit back and let the Guyanese enjoy their God-given massive wealth.  The global predators will be coming for it, since this is who they are, this is what they do, this is their nature. Guyana’s only chance was to have leaders doing the necessary things to put Guyana in a better spot, like being transparent with the oil business, having experts managing the oil sector, making trade/peace deals with our neighbors, and having the correct relationships with world leaders, and world organizations. When leaders of both ruling political parties only flew to Texas, USA to conduct oil business in secret without telling the nation anything, what did you think was going to happen?

We can blame Maduro all we want, but any leader of Venezuela that outmans, and outguns Guyana would not sit idle on sanctions while Guyana was allowed to produce oil, especially if it’s by the same people who sanctioned Venezuela. It should be noted Venezuela started to object, the minute the Grainger Administration allowed ExxonMobil into Guyana, but instead of meeting with Venezuela for talks, previous leaders, and now President Ali continue to take instructions from Texas, USA while shunning Venezuela. The plan the global predators have for Guyana is open on the internet, as they have done it multiple times across the Third World. Glenn Lall and his staff have devoted their lives to alerting Guyanese on what’s in store for Guyana if there is no action taken against the global predators by Guyana’s MPs, but Guyanese refuse to pay attention.

Guyanese will come to know the name Chevron soon, when sanctions were recently lifted on Venezuela, it was Chevron that got their oil fields, Chevron also bought out Hess Corp. holdings in Guyana way over the market price of US$53 BLN, with only 2 oil projects on stream, meaning Chevron has a plan to get its money back plus profits, so who do you think will lose? Chevron doesn’t care how many Guyanese, and Venezuelans die or suffer, they have to make annual incremental profits for their shareholders. ExxonMobil clearly states they will continue to pump oil regardless of border conflicts, and as usual, the silent 3rd partner in the oil fields CNOOC, continues to stay silent. Guyana doesn’t have leadership with the strength and resolve to handle this global geopolitics Guyana finds itself in, so now the leaders run to the UN, ICJ, USDJ, CARICOM, CCJ, NATO, EU, WTO, OAS, Commonwealth, etc. Who do you think fund these organizations?  It is the same global predators operating here, all these organizations will do, is play good cop, bad cop with Guyana based on their interests.

Independent media must continue to expose the global predators and their local enablers as the number one reason Guyana finds itself in this tenterhook position.   Maduro is the secondary threat, and critics of independent media will say now is not the time for this, reminding these critics that in times of dark crisis truth will be the only light, unlike the Critic who says Maduro is acting up because Glenn Lall on his shows exposed how much wealth Guyana has. Guyanese leaders who thought they were smart for the Guyanese people sneaked the fox into the fowl pen silently during the dark of night, now the fox has only woken up, just wait till it starts to feed. These smart Guyanese leaders have now met more than their match, up against the real smart people of the foreign predators, which now has Guyana on a hot plate, these Guyanese leaders should have heeded the old people’s warning of which part of the cow smart flies usually end up. The global predators thrive in chaos, especially if it’s dramatic and tragic like the downed helicopter along with the death of Guyana’s premier soldiers.

Instead of President Ali opening diplomatic channels with Maduro, he is on world TV bashing Maduro.  Ali should know this is not the same as bashing APNU.  Ali doesn’t seem to remember Ukraine, Russia asked the Ukrainian leader for talks, but the man followed instructions from NATO and The EU, now Ukraine is destroyed. President Ali is taking Guyana down the same path, Guyanese who are thrilled that foreign troops will come to protect Guyana should know these troops are also in Africa, and the Middle East, yet the citizens there continue to die.  The global predators don’t care about citizens, it’s for their economic interests. The global predators want war in oil-rich countries.  They make money from the high oil prices as a result, they get to sell arms, they get the contracts for rebuilding, and they get to set foot in your country to establish themselves. Guyanese who are praying for peace should also call on Guyana’s leaders to open talks with Venezuela and to stop taking instructions from Texas, Washington, London, Belgium, or wherever they are taking instructions from. We must mourn the fallen soldiers and give sympathy and condolences to their families and loved ones, and the government’s gesture to take care of their families is a good one. We must also go further to honor the fallen by sending instructions to Texas rather than receiving.  Guyana will be demanding more benefits from future oil projects, so we can truly honor the fallen by providing more for the military, their families, and every other Guyanese.

Yours faithfully,

R. David

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• Guyana, Guyanese, Maduro, R. David., Venezuela

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