How Guyana Became the Only Country on Earth That Can Feed Itself eyesonguyana Population: under a million. Land mostly untouched forest. GDP long overshadowed by sugar, gold, and now oil. And yet, according to a landmark 2025 study in the journal Nature Food, Guyana has quietly pulled off something no other nation on the planet…
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What Colombia’s Rightward Turn Means for Guyana eyesonguyana On June 21, Colombians did something the country hasn’t done in generations: they handed the presidency to a hard-right outsider by the narrowest of margins. Abelardo de la Espriella — a criminal defense lawyer turned political phenomenon who calls himself “El Tigre” and was openly endorsed by…
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What a Fujimori Presidency Means for Latin America’s War on Drugs eyesonguyana June 2026 – In one of the closest elections in Peru’s modern history, Keiko Fujimori has clawed her way to the presidency by a margin so thin it can barely be measured — a few hundred votes out of nearly 20 million cast.…
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How Guyana-Brazil Trade Surged 1,600% eyesonguyana In 2020, trade between Guyana and Brazil was US$58 million. In 2026, it hit US$1 billion. Brazil’s Ambassador to Guyana, Maria Cristina de Castro Martins, confirmed the figure ahead of a high-level business forum hosted by the World Trade Centre Georgetown. Crude oil accounts for roughly 98 per cent…
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Why Guyana’s Plastic Crisis Is a Foreign Investor’s Greenfield Opportunity By the time Guyana’s oil economy reaches full stride, the country faces a paradox: becoming one of South America’s fastest-growing economies while simultaneously drowning in its own waste. For the shrewd foreign investor, that contradiction is not a problem — it is a business model.…
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eyesonguyana In the bustling streets of Georgetown, Guyana, where plastic bags and bottles often litter the sidewalks, one woman dared to imagine a different future. Alana Bunbury-Walton dreamed of a country where sustainability wasn’t just a buzzword, but a way of life. Her vision took shape in JARS Zero Waste Store, Guyana’s first zero-waste shop.…
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🌱 Climate & CO₂ Credits Oil revenues can be reinvested into protecting Guyana’s vast forests, positioning the country as a global leader in carbon credits. By funding monitoring systems, reforestation, and carbon trading infrastructure, Guyana can balance its oil wealth with climate stewardship—earning both financial returns and international credibility. 🌾 Modern Agriculture & Food Safety…
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Why Suriname can’t take off eyesonguyana They share a border, a coastline, a geology, and a dream. Both Guyana and Suriname sit perched on the northern rim of South America, two small, sparsely populated nations that for most of their post-colonial histories ranked among the poorest on the continent. Then the offshore drilling rigs arrived,…
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How Guyana Could Be the Biggest Winner of the Strait of Hormuz Crisis eyesonguyana Amsterdam, April 14, 2026– While the world holds its breath watching U.S. Navy destroyers patrol the choke point that carries a fifth of the planet’s oil, a small South American nation tucked between Venezuela and Brazil is quietly sitting on one…
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How Cerebras Is Betting Big on Guyana’s AI Future eyesonguyana There is a small country on the northeastern shoulder of South America that most people couldn’t locate on a map a decade ago. Today, Guyana is one of the fastest-growing economies on earth, its fortunes transformed by a gusher of offshore oil wealth that arrived…
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