It would not be altogether surprising if it transpired that the Government of Guyana finds it discomfiting the United States Secretary of State John Kerry has deemed Guyanese woman miner Simona Broomes a “hero” for her efforts to try to suppress the practice of Trafficking In Persons (TIP) in Guyana.
It is hard to assess the extent to which TIP is a problem in Guyana though one suspects that the practice persists in various ways, ranging from pressing under age children into in exploitative and abusive working relationships to engaging young girls in mining camps for the sexual services that they provide. By dubbing Guyana a Tier Two Offender the US administration