US Ambassador David Robinson told Washington in 2007 that international observers were increasingly uneasy about the “autocratic” tendencies of President Bharrat Jagdeo and his willingness to hit critics – like Stabroek News – where it hurts.
In a cable dated February 8, 2007, Robinson referred to the then controversy over the government’s withdrawal of advertising from Stabroek News the previous November.
He said the escalating conflict