Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett last evening called for Guyana to never again be manipulated by foreign forces as she noted that declassified documents have revealed the designs of other nations at work in local and regional affairs.
She was at the time delivering her contribution to the debate on the 2011 national budget before the National Assembly. Her remarks came a day after President Bharrat Jagdeo expressed concern about an unnamed country which has reportedly stated it has a “vested’ stake in the general elections due later this year.
Rodrigues-Birkett stated that Guyana and Venezuela were now in receipt of declassified information that confirms what was already known—the fact that they had been manipulated by external forces to protect their interests. “Mr. Speaker we live in a different era now but we must not underestimate what those policies and machinations have cost us and cost us; remnants can still be found