Guyana: U.S. mutual adoration society

Jan 12, 2026 Editorial, News

(Kaieteur News) – Something is wrong with the thinking of government leaders in Guyana. It seems that President Ali has opted for a leadership style that goes to great lengths to distance from reality.

From the words and postures coming out of the US, there is zeal presently for burying heads in sand, looking the other way, and feigning ignorance.

In Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, Guyana’s President Ali has found the perfect dance partner, with the duo matching step for step in their efforts at the imaginary, or the pretended.

Guyana’s leader was in good form, while the Venezuela-US entanglement slips and stops, and then keeps on going with renewed energies pushing adjusted US ambitions. According to newly surfaced Foreign Secretary, Robert Persaud, the president shares a commitment with President Trump and Secretary Rubio on democracy, freedom, and regional security. Whatever Persaud’s real duties may be, apparently the Venezuelan hot potato is so hot that Guyana’s president didn’t want to get his palms scorched. It is a sensible strategy to let the junior official speak, so the president has some insulation should there be a blowup.

Part of the challenge we face is to determine whether Ali through Persaud was speaking tongue-in-cheek, speaking in tongues, or just filling up space with hot air. No one who is still in full possession of their senses would make the error of mentioning President Trump and democracy in the same breath. He can be for freedom, but only on a selective basis, which makes he and President Ali political birds of a feather. On the issue of regional security, there is only one conclusion left, and as based on Trump’s unilateral, heavy-handed actions. Regional security, the presence of it and the quality of it, is as determined by President Trump and no one else. It may have been better for Persaud to stick with his old duties, whatever those are. He was given a weak set of cards, and the only option left was to bluff his way. The bluffing aspect is ironic, for it could be said, like master, like servant.

The US has taken away Nicolas Maduro, which is acknowledged as fact. The big issue before all in the Caribbean and Latin American regions distils to the simple construction of -what next? Is the region, both areas, securer as a result of US actions, with Guyana dragged along as cheering passenger? Or have long dormant passions, long bottled up, now been given opportunity to show their faces to the world? Seemingly isolated, maybe even ostracised, Venezuela is simmering, a powder keg that could be a problem should a hasty, ill-conceived move be made. The Bolivarian Republic has been a brace and a friend to several countries in the region, and there is sure to be some hard feelings, if not a sense of fair-weather friendships, now that that country has its back to the wall.

The US itself has floated to different parts of the map, and it has been less than a week since the strike on Venezuela took place. The one constant is the oil, which features in every representation, even when not specified. Oil is the shadow that hangs over everything, from visions to condemnations. It is doubtful that proud Venezuelans will go into standby mode, should the major linchpin and engine of their economy be wrested from their hands. The question that we have is how does this contribute to regional security where uncertainty and strengthening resistance are obvious. We make our position clear: the peace and stability of this region is now under severe pressure, and neither sugarcoating nor turning a blind eye by Persaud (or President Ali) is helping the situation. In fact, we believe that the position is worsened, as there are those in this region that object to how the US rearranged the regional chessboard to its advantage. In the fever of US-style messaging, this region being a zone of peace now takes a backseat. The US is powerful enough, and Venezuela attractive enough to influence longstanding calculations, and now stands implemented in part. For its part, Guyana is secure for now, a willing US ally. This could come back to haunt, rupture local security.

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