The unanimous opinion of American observers is that Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation, scored a major victory by merely securing an invitation to visit the United States. The embellishment of the victory by a red carpet welcome, a warm handshake, a Jet Fighter Escort, a ride with President Trump in his limousine […]
Author Archives: Ralph Ramkarran
The opening lines of Friday’s editorial in Stabroek News states: “Guyana will hold elections that will shape its future destiny.” Similar words have been written before previous elections. But if I were to choose three elections that shaped Guyana’s destiny, it would be the elections of 1968, 1973 and 1992. 1968 ushered in the era […]
A brief history of Guyana’s elections allows for the predicting of election results. In developed countries, observers rely on pollsas a guide. In Guyana, reliance can be placed on historic patterns of ethnic voting, to which can be added circumstances that emerge at some elections.
After Hamas emerged from the concentration camp that Israel had made of Gaza on October 7 and perpetrated its mass atrocity on Israeli civilians and military personnel, Israeli officials made their intentions of imposing mass starvation on Gazans unambiguously clear. Yoav Gallant, then Defence Minister, announced and immediately implemented Israel’s policy of mass starvation which […]
Elections in Guyana are always attended by unique drama, if not at the beginning, then at the end. Where else in the world would Russian journalists be accused of rigging the elections by manipulating figures on computers while armed with lead pencils and writing pads? Where else in the world would a President agree to […]
