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Guyana: A 2025 Snapshot

AQ tracks political and economic trends to watch and key indicators in 2025.

Guyana’s Promise Is Still a Work in Progress

As President Ali seeks a second term in November’s general elections, the government is handing out cash transfers and free college tuition.

Igniting Guyana’s Long-Awaited Constitutional Reform

A reform initiative may help to end historic polarization exacerbated by a booming oil industry as the 2025 election looms.

AQ Podcast: Brazil’s Big Year on the Global Stage

A broad look at Brazil’s foreign policy as the country prepares to host the G20 summit later this year.

AQ Podcast: Guyana, Oil and the Resource Curse

An overview of the past, present and future of Guyana’s economy as it deals with the discovery of massive oil reserves.

A Guiana conseguirá evitar a maldição dos recursos naturais?

O petróleo ajudou alguns países e arruinou outros. A AQ foi a Georgetown e relata aqui os esforços do país para encontrar um caminho.

Can Guyana Beat the Resource Curse?

Oil wealth has helped some countries, and ruined others. AQ reports from Georgetown on policymakers’ efforts to find the right path.

¿Podrá Guyana evitar la maldición de los recursos naturales?

La riqueza petrolera ha ayudado a algunos países y ha arruinado a otros. AQ reporta desde Georgetown sobre los esfuerzos de los líderes guyaneses por encontrar el camino correcto.

AQ Podcast | Guatemala, Guyana and Other Crises: A View From the OAS

U.S. Ambassador to OAS discusses hot spots in the Americas.

President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela receives an official copy of the referendum results that approve his idea of seizing much of Guyana's territory.

The Real Impact of Maduro’s Guyana Referendum

Maduro is less interested in Essequibo than in diverting attention from Venezuela’s economic crisis.

Venezuela, Guayana, Essequibo Dispute, Referendum, Border

Guyana Official: Venezuela’s Actions Are an “Unprecedented” Challenge

A longstanding border controversy has worsened following a massive discovery of oil, a top official at Guyana’s foreign ministry writes for AQ.

Indigenous leaders and OTCA member countries' representatives at a meeting in Brasilia in July.

Can Amazon Basin Presidents Find Consensus on Protecting the Forest?

AQ talked to Kleber Karipuna, member of the organizing committee of the OTCA presidential summit, on the challenges facing the region—from crime to carbon markets.

How Latin America’s Next Oil Power Can Avoid the Resource Curse

It’s an oft-stated parallel that is worth repeating: A big oil discovery in a country is like winning the lottery. And what happens to lottery winners? Almost 70 percent of them declare bankruptcy within seven years. Something similar happens to some countries after they strike it rich with natural resources. Massive inflows of money combined … Read more