For Carlos Angel, 15 years in the bauxite industry including nine years with the majority Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) reached an inglorious end early in January when his Russian bosses dismissed him after they said they had turned up at his work site and found the crew under his supervision not engaged in the pursuit of their duties.
Angel has his own story. When the Russian managers turned up, he said, his crew had already worked for eight hours in fierce heat