President Bharrat Jagdeo used the airing of the FIFA World Cup 2006 on the National Communications Network (NCN) to boost his image, a US embassy cable to Washington posited.
The cable, recently released by WikiLeaks, said that State TV, NCN made it appear that Jagdeo personally part-sponsored the airing of the games when in fact the money came from the Guyana Lottery Fund.
The cable, dated June 14, 2006, noted that President Jagdeo had taken credit for bringing the World Cup games