Dismissing the impact of two consecutive years of challenges associated with the coronavirus pandemic and putting behind them the even more protracted official neglect that continues to confront hinterland communities, the residents of Lethem and its satellite communities, last weekend rolled up their proverbial sleeves to deliver what the Mayor of the Rupununi and Interim Chairman of the Rodeo Committee, John Macedo, told the Stabroek Business was “the biggest Rupununi Rodeo ever.”
What was, perhaps, even more significant was that the Rupununi showpiece was delivered following a planning and execution period of around four weeks and that around 90% of the sponsorship for the staging of the event was delivered by the local business community. “I am proud of the businesses in Region Nine, Macedo told the Stabroek Business.