Non-governmental organisations representing indigenous peoples have expressed alarm at statements by Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) executives that the miners’ body will take legal action and strenuously oppose extensions for Amerindian lands.
“Today the bell is tolling for the Amerindian people,” executive member and immediate past president of the Guyana Organisation of Indigenous Peoples (GOIP) Dr George Norton told Stabroek News yesterday.
“What will happen to (indigenous) communities when everybody says, ‘I have more rights than them’,” Programme Administrator of the