Saturday, July 26, 2008
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Face-to-Face with Bri. Maya Tiwari
by Gowkarran Suhkdeo & Gary Girdhari
LFS Burnham, Leader or Scoundrel?
by Seopaul Singh
The PPP/C is most Centrist Party. Beware...
by Gary Girdhari
Mr. President: I Dare Say...
by Gary Girdhari
Was McCarthyism Pathological?
by Paul N. Tennassee
The Politics of Diversity
by Gokarran Sukhdeo
Will We Endure the Freedom?
by Gary Girdhari
For the Love of Peace
by Gary Girdhari
Splitting Hair to Cover Hair
by Dolly Hassan PhD
Religion and Violence
by Gokarran Sukhdeo
The U.N. Financing for Development
by Paul N. Tennassee
Anti-Communism & Anti-Terrorism
by Paul N. Tennassee
Violence in Guyana – how crime has become a preoccupation
by Gary Girdhari
The Role of Accountants and Auditors in Fighting Corruption
by Lal Balkaran
Education in Trouble
by Harry McD. Persaud
Israeli Terrorism...
by David Gokarran Sukhdeo
Indians, Africans & Guyanese
by L.D. Persaud
The Formation of the PPP
by Dr. Odeen Ishmael
Iraq Invasion
by Dr. Gary Girdhari
My Guyana: Notes from a Visitor
by Norman N. Datt
Guyana: Illusions and The Real Thing
by L.D. Persaud
Are We Nearer to a Preemptive Attack on Iraq?
by Dr. Gary Girdhari
Carter Deserves the Noble Peace Prize
by Paul N. Tennassee
President Carter: For Peace, Bread and Justice
by Gary Girdhari
Change: Perspective for Guyana
by LD Persaud
Not Just Prayer, but a Complete Cultural and Moral Revolution
by Gowkarran Sukhdeo
Guyana Politics: Power Sharing Governance: the case For and Against
by Kenneth Persaud
Kitchrie 2002: An Extravanza of Indo-Caribbean Music , Dance & Drama. A Review
by Gary Girdhari
Conflict Resolution Conference at Howard University Remarks
by Amb. Odeen Ishmael
Conflict Resolution Conference at Howard University. A Critique
by Gowkarran Sukhdeo
The Civil Rights Movement and Violence of the 60's
by Gowkarran Sukhdeo
The Race Problem
by Paul N. Tennassee
The Race Problem. III: Who was the Architect of Independence?
by Paul N. Tennassee
Guyana: Musing on Crime: How Buxton Lost Its Glory!
by Rev. Seopaul Singh
Where are The Weapons of Mass Destruction?
by Frederick Mallay
Reflection on Regime Change
by Gary Girdhari
The Oneness of Humankind
by Frederick Mallay
US Trade Policy
by Gokarran Sukhdeo
Bush Policy on Aid
by Candra Grant
Peace making: on the recent episode of violence
by Kampta Karran
The Invisible Minority
by Richard Rupnarain
Pageantry of Criminality in Guyana
by Gokarran Sukhdeo
"Civilized" Human Rights
by Gary Girdhari
Global Governance and Migration: Towards a Normative, Migratory Framework
by Holly Kirkpatrick
Indian Women of Guyana: Reflection of their Existence, Survival and Representation
by Janet A. Naidu
Can the World Summit on the Information Society Contribute to Development?
by Karla Suarez & Luis Alejandro Otero
The Massacre of the Jaikaran Family At Chance, Mahaicony
by Seopaul Singh
A Discussion with Guyanese Poet Balwant Bhagwandin with M. Stephanie Browne
Perspective
Thoughts on the Academic Diaspora from the Indo-Caribbean Community

by Gokarran Sukhdeo

They Pimp Buxton, Now They Want to Pimp Rodney
David Hinds
The Guyana Crime Scene
A Closer Look at David Granger’s Comments on Arming CPG’s and the Army Role in Civil Society

by Seopaul Singh

remembering... Diwali in My Village
by Ganesh G
Guyana Flood: Setbacks in Disaster Preparedness
by Seopaul Singh
Tsunami Rescue and Recovery and Disaster Preparedness
by Seopaul Singh
guyana’s continental destiny.
A Vision to be Enbraced and Transformed
by Paul N. Tennassee
The Waddington Commission Report and the first PPP Congress
by Odeen Ishmael
The Interim Government in Guyana
by Odeen Ishmael
The Man in the Penthouse
by Janet A. Naidu
Nirmala’s Torment Full Story
by Harry Bissoon
The Devotional and Relentless Ramlakhan
by Janet A. Naidu
Walter Rodney
by Zinul Bacchus
Walter Rodney: Twenty-five Years Later
Kenneth Persaud
Walter Rodney
Rodney
Labor & Finance: World Confederation of Labor
Relation with the International Financial Institutions

by Paul N. Tennassee
The 1980 Guyana Elections
Virtual Army Coup Kept PNC in Power
by Odeen Ishmael
The PNC Regime’s Shifting Ideological Positions in the 1970’s
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
The 1968 Election Rigging in Guyana. The role of the U.S.
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
The UN and Civil Society. Our Challenge: Voices Of Peace, Partnerships And Renewal
by Paul N. Tennassee
The Rupununi Uprisings Revisited. Need for a Full Account
by Gokarran Sukhdeo
The December 1968 Electoral Fraud in Guyana
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
President Bharrat Jagdeo Address to the OAS
Cold War Politics & the Cubana Massacre
by Charles Persaud
The December 1968 Electoral Fraud in Guyana
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
President Bharrat Jagdeo Address to the OAS
All is Not Lost for Sugar
by Gokarran Sukhdeo
The Failure of Burnham’s “Feed, Clothe and House the Nation” Plan
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
The Rupununi Revolt. A Documentary Account
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Kean Gibson's Dualism of Good and Evil
A Rebuttal
by Veda Nath Mohabir
The Ankoko Incursion
by Odeen Ishmael
January 2nd: Amerindian Remembrance Day – a Day of National Mourning
by Seelochan Beharry PhD
Water – the Gift of Life
by Gary Girdhari
The Rigged Referendum of 1978
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Ethno-National Politics in Guyana: Responding to David Hinds
by Dr. Randy Persaud
The Rigged 1973 Elections in Guyana
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Guyana-Suriname Border Issue – from the 1960s to 2004
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
A Blueprint for Effective Government Controls In Third World Countries
by Lal Balkaran
Does Cultural Identity Lead to Violence
The Arnold Rampersaud Trials
Remembering Walter Rodney
Remembering The Enmore Martyrs
Political Slant and Cant
Lies, Lies, and More Lies From the Main Opposition in Guyana
Deconstructing the PNC/WPA
by Gokarran Sukhdeo
The Rigged 1985 Election in Guyana
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Struggle of Indians for US Citizenship
by Inder Singh
Remembering Walter Rodney
Rodney Speaks...
Remembering The Enmore Martyrs
by Moses V. Nagamootoo
Fragments from memory: The Long Strides Of Patriots
By Moses V. Nagamootoo
The offer of Critical Support by the PPP
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Pre/Post Elections: I refused to be a neemakharam
by Moses Nagamootoo
IMF and the Global South
by Paul N. Tennassee
My Motto for the next 5 years: Consolidation. Construction & Crime Reduction
by Gokarran Sukhdeo
Mass Murder, Secret Plots and Political Assassinations in Guyana (1978-1980)
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
The PPP Proposal for a National Front Government
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Recognizing Domestic Violence And How To Deal With It
By D. Gokarran Sukhdeo
Memories
The vagaries of primary school boys in a multicultural society at Christmas time in colonial Guyana in the bauxite mining town
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By Jeff Trotman
The Upper Mazaruni Hydro-Electric Project
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Guyana’s Economic Decline During 1985-1991
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
The Rigged 1985 Election in Guyana
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Race, Evolution and Behavior: Implications for Guyana’s Future
by Gary Girdhari
Aspects of Guyana’s Foreign Policy During 1966 - 1970
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Retention and Transculturation of Hinduism in the Caribbean
By Janet Naidu
Marking Cheddi Jagan’s 10th Death Anniversary . . .
The Final Journey Home

by Odeen Ishmael PhD
The Intensified Struggle for Electoral Reforms in Guyana (1990-1992)
by Odeen Ishmael
Why was Barama Negotiating Mining Contracts on its Forestry Concessions?
by Seelochan Beharry PhD
Dr. Cheddi Jagan and the forestry industry in Guyana
by Seelochan Beharry PhD
Domestic Violence: Reconciliation and Improving Relationship
by Gokarran Sukhdeo

Recognizing Domestic Violence And How To Deal With It
By D. Gokarran Sukhdeo
OCTOBER is Domestic Violence Awareness Month in New York City. DV – Available Help for Immigrants
By D. Gokarran Sukhdeo
Hopetown Chinese Settlement. The first village experiment in Guyana
By Basdeo Mangru PhD
Sakhi means “woman friend”
Bix Gabriel and Shivana Jorawar Speak About Domestic Violence
Guyana Journal Interview
The Songs of Multiculturalism
by Lakshmi Persaud
Chile’s Mining Strike at La Escondida has Ended
But the Nation’s Labor Struggle Continues

By Makiko Kurosaki
Cultural Issues for HIV/AIDS Clients from the Caribbean. Myths and Realities
by Patrick Coggins PhD

The Formation of the PPP-Civic Alliance
by Odeen Ishmael
Nanobiotechnology - The New Size of Medicine
By Judith S. Martinez
The October 1992 Elections: The Restoration of Democracy in Guyana
by Odeen Ishmael
Conference on the Caribbean – a 20/20 Vision
Size Is Not Destiny, Regionalism Is

by Indira Rampersad
The Arnold Rampersaud Trials
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Restoration of Democracy in Guyana
by Odeen Ishmael
Memo to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
By Walid Bin Saifullah
African Slave Trade and Slavery: Reparations – A Preferred Remedy
by Moses V. Nagamootoo

Beryl Joseph – A Conversation
By Jeff Trotman
A Little Boy From Christianburg
Now a Top U.S. Career Professional

by Jeff Trotman
The Fraudulent Local Government Elections in Guyana 1970
by Odeen Ishmael
The Rush Towards Privatization 1989-1992
by Odeen Ishmael
Energy Crisis Looms Ahead
by Dr. Indira Rampersad
Indo-Caribbean – Migration and Cultural Retention
by Janet A. Naidu
Indian Militancy On Sugar Estates – the 1869 Leonora episode
by Basdeo Mangru
Beryl Joseph – A Conversation
By Jeff Trotman

Ashook Ramsaran
An Immigrant Success Story
Hinduism: On the Wings of Liberty and Vitality
by Lakshmi Persaud
X-13 Plan: Blueprint of Ongoing Crimes
The question is whether the infamous “X-13 Plan” is still backed by “sophisticated political leadership”

by Seopaul Singh CEM, CHS
Vol. 13 No. 7
July 2008
Guyana, Caribbean & South America
Windward bound –
You know what you're getting with the Caribbean

Guyanese woman wins Commonwealth book prize
Guyana is celebrating its 42nd birthday
Fears for Brazil rainforest after environment minister quits
Amazon's future in delicate balance
UN to scale up security, renewable energy projects
Trekking the rainforest of Guyana
U.S. to re-look setting up of permanent DEA office in Guyana
Million acres of Guyana rainforest in deal
Peru tribe battles oil giant over pollution
Cheddi Jagan - his global stature
Is Guyana's logging deal in its best interests?
UN adopts New Global Human Order promoted by former president of Guyana
What purpose does the Commonwealth serve?
•Shades of green. Does tourism actually benefit the environment and local communities?
Oil and troubled waters



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Xenophobia or Xenophilia? A Challenge to Chistian Ethics
by Luis N. Rivera-Pagán
Chavez – to Praise or Not
by Kenneth Persaud
Caricom is Over Thirty Years Late on Disasters and Food Crisis
There appears to be a great deal of laxity within this foremost body of the Caribbean
by Seopaul Singh
Obama’s Historic Victory – Money, Message And Strategy
Challenges For The General Elections

by Indira Rampersad
In Memory of the Enmore Martyrs
by Mel Carpen
FRAGMENTS FROM MEMORY: The Saga Of Women’s Struggle In Guyana
by Moses V. Nagamootoo
The Passing of a Great Artist: Wordsworth McAndrew
by Gary Girdhari
Cheddi Jagan. His Ideas as Manifesto for Unity
by Moses V. Nagamootoo
Viva Fidel and Cuban Socialism!
by Indira Rampersad
The Elusive Search for Political Unity (1975-1982)
by Odeen Ishmael
The Protocol of Port of Spain (1970)
by Odeen Ishmael
Trade, Finance and Currency
Interrelationships with Special Reference to Mauritius and Other Small Economies

by Bishnodat Persaud
Economic Aggression and New Maritime Claims by Venezuela (1967-1968)
by Odeen Ishmael
Challenges for Guyana’s South American Leadership Role
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Does Cultural Identity Lead to Violence
by Walter H. Persaud
Guyana-Suriname Border Issue – from the 1960s to 2004
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
A Blueprint for Effective Government Controls In Third World Countries
by Lal Balkaran

Editorials/Opinions/Commentaries/Viewpoints
Community Neglect
by Gary Girdhari
Examining the "food crisis" in Latin America and the Caribbean
by Odeen Ishmael
The Ugly Side of Globalization
by Mohamed El-Khawas
The Biting Question of Food in the Caribbean
by Seopaul Singh
UNASUR Constituent Treaty Propels South American Integration
by Odeen Ishmael
The Polygamous Pedophiliac Cult in Texas
by Gokarran Sukhdeo

Entrepreneurship and Investment in Guyana
by Gary Girdhari
There is Fear in the Land
by Gary Girdhari
The Essence of Moral Living
by Gary Girdhari
Dance of the Elephants
by Ian McDonald
The Lusignan Murders
by Gary Girdhari
Lusignan Massacre
by Gokarran Sukhdeo
Wider International Support for the New Global Human Order
by Odeen Ishmael
More Social Investment Can Further Reduce Regional Poverty
by Odeen Ishmael
The Worldwide Neglect of Justice
by Ian McDonald
South American and African Nations Plan to Strengthen Common Bonds
by Odeen Ishmael
PetroCaribe Summit Promotes Energy Security
by Odeen Ishmael
Advancing Integration Between Caricom and Central America
by Odeen Ishmael
South American Resistance to IMF and World Bank
by Odeen Ishmael
South American Leaders put Energy Integration on Front Burner
by Odeen Ishmael
EU –The Grand Experiment
UN vs. NGOs: One Against Many
by Ivan Simic
Neo Warfare
by Ivan Simic

Are the Caribbean People Becoming Culturally Dissonant?
by Gary Girdhari
To the Rio Summit Participants and President Jagdeo
by Randy Persaud PhD
Rio Group Strengthens Itself and Looks at Social Issues
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Socialist Ideology Takes New Roots in South America
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
A Brutal Vision of Mandkind’s Future
by Ian McDonald
High Level Commission to Map Ideas for South American Union
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
South American Summit in Bolivia Sets Integration Challenge
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
South America-Africa Summit to Advance South-South Cooperation
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
On the Constitution of Privilege
by Walter H. Persaud
Latin America-Caricom Relations Deserving Economic Bemnefits
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
The Politics of Machiavellianism in Guyana
by Gokarran Sukhdeo
De-Silting of Estuaries and Disaster Preparedness Plans Should be the Primary Focus of NDIA/MMA
by Seopaul Singh

Randy Persaud Responds to His Critics
The Elusive Hope Of The Guyanese People
by Gokarran Sukhdeo
We Must Show an Appreciation and Protection of Our Rich Natural Heritage
by Seelochan Beharry PhD
The Use of Guyanese Primates in “scientific experiment”
by Seelochan Beharry PhD
Religious Tolerance Important for a Pluralistic Guyana
by Jeff Trotman
GuyExpo 2005
by Marilyn Browne
Is it a brain drain or a brain exchange. Re-examining the migration issue
by Lomarsh Roopnarine PhD
Moving Towards South American and Caribbean Energy Integration
Guyana takes Leadership of Rio Group
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Extreme poverty remains high in Latin America and the Caribbean
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
South American community of Nations to map out economic strategies
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Is the Rio Group Reflecting the State of Politics in Latin America?
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
The PetroCaribe Agreement. It’s more about easy financing rather than cheap oil
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Democracy Threatened by Crime and Violence
by Odeen Ishmael PhD
Labor and United Nations Reform
by Paul N. Tennassee
The UNCTAD Meeting. Will Poor Countries Benefit from It?
by Odeen Ishmael PhD

Travel
Eco Tourism in Guyana: Fast Boat to Baganara Island
by Marilyn Browne

Immigration Updates
Taking Aim at Immigration Scam Artists
by Dolly Z. Hassan Esq

Immigration and the Internet
Undocumented & Immigration Scams
by Dolly Z. Hassan Esq

Health update
Eating Well As You Grow Older
Problem Gambling

Reflection & Introspection
Which am I truly?
by Raywat Deonandan PhD

Short Stories by Richard Rupnarain
The Worm
All I want for Christmas
The Visit
The Security Guard
The Day of the Jackass
The Cricket Match
Possessed by the Remote
Chetan's Call
A Midday Stroll
The Trial of Balram
True Beauty
A Priceless Vacation
Why Hakim and Ramesh Hate Christmas
My Poor Guyana
Finding Mala’s Killer
Mr. Deen and the Maple Tree
The Caretaker
The Camoudie
The Ides of March

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The Ole Higue
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The Woman in Yellow Dress
by Janet Naidu

Music Poetry & Culture
A Discussion with Guyanese Poet Balwant Bhagwandin
with M. Stephanie Browne
A Review of Poetry: Emerging Sounds – Spoken Words by James Richmond
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