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It’s 50 years since the British colony of British Guiana became Guyana.
Covering 214,969 sq km (83,000 sq miles), it is the only English-speaking country on mainland South America.
In popular culture, the country is sadly best known for the tragic events of Jonestown, where more than 900 people died in a mass suicide.
To mark the 50th anniversary of independence, BBC News highlights some of the positive contributions from “the land of a thousand rivers”.
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26 May 2016 – From the section Latin America & Caribbean
It’s 50 years since the British colony of Guiana became Guyana.
Covering 214,969 sq km (83,000 sq miles), it is the only English-speaking country on mainland South America.
In popular culture, the country is sadly best known for the tragic events of Jonestown, where more than 900 people died in a mass suicide.
To mark the 50th anniversary of independence, BBC News highlights some of the positive contributions from “the land of a thousand rivers”.
Read more – Guyana’s gifts to the world – BBC News
Guyana, Venezuela and Brazil: ‘Sharing’ Mt. Roraima’s unique geology and allure – By Dennis Nichols
Nov 24, 2019 Countryman, Kaieteur News – By Dennis Nichols
Mount Roraima (Photo credit: dailymail.co.uk)
To whom does Mount Roraima belong?
Nations and governments claim, quarrel and fight over land as if they have made and shaped it. Historically, people settled and developed unclaimed lands, and in doing so, made use of natural phenomena like rivers, lakes, and mountains; even oceans and deserts, to establish boundaries.
It seemed the proper and practical thing to do. But since nature cares nothing for human deliberations, landforms in their own esteem remain the property and patrimony of Mother Earth. Continue reading →
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