President Bharrat Jagdeo’s visit to Iran in January, 2010 was seen by the US Charge d’ Affaires here as a new willingness to alienate the US and alignment with anyone who could provide money, preferably without strings.
Jagdeo visited Tehran and other Middle Eastern countries in January, 2010 in what diplomatic watchers had said was a new ploy to counter worsening ties between Guyana and the West and to find new sources of money.
That gambit has now collapsed into tatters with the Arab Spring demolishing the Gaddafi regime and Syria tottering on the brink. No substantial help has come from any of the other countries