Daily Features

By Wazim Mowla With the US election just a few months away, the US-Guyana relationship is sure to be impacted.

By Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK – Something has been missing from the flood of commentary following the debate between US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Last Wednesday, Hurricane Beryl, downgraded from a Category 5 storm to Category 4, was heading for Jamaica after its devastating effects on a number of other islands, including Grenada.

By Gabrielle Jamela Hosein Gabrielle Jamela Hosein is a feminist, activist, poet and Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, and also writes a column in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian A shorter version of this column appeared in Trinidad and Tobago Newsday on Wednesday July 3, 2024.

By María Fernanda Bozmoski WASHINGTON, DC – Nicaragua continues to make headlines for all the wrong reasons.

In May, I went to Cuba for the 21st ASSITEJ World Congress and Performing Arts Festival.

By Bruce Ackerman NEW HAVEN – Both Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the United States Supreme Court have just announced grand opinions trying to resolve the fundamental constitutional issues raised by former President Donald Trump’s claim to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his actions while in office.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana.

By Gilbert F. Houngbo and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva GENEVA – It is easy to be pessimistic in these fraught, uncertain times.

By Peter Singer MELBOURNE – After US President Joe Biden’s stumbling and unconvincing performance during the debate with former President Donald Trump on June 27, it is no exaggeration to say that the future of our planet may depend on a decision he must make.

By Nina L. Khrushcheva NEW YORK – When the Soviet Union collapsed and global communism retreated, many hoped that the days of authoritarian leaders cultivating “cults of personality” were over.

By the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, Secretary General of the Commonwealth In the last few weeks, sadly more than 100 people have died from oppressive heat in India.

Following the United States Government’s imposition of sanctions for corrupt behaviour against three prominent individuals and entities associated with two of them, we note the Authorities’ recent actions.

By Horace (Raymond) Leonard Henriques July 2, 1945 – June 5, 2023Editor’s Note: This week we share a short story written by Guyanese Professor, Horace (Raymond) Henriques, who died on January 5th, 2023, after 7 years of enduring a rapid decline of Lewy Body dementia and Parkinsonian symptoms.

By Iván Duque Márquez BOGOTÁ – In late May, Dominican President Luis Abinader was re-elected with 58% of the vote, securing the majority needed to forgo a second round of voting.

By Joschka Fischer BERLIN – Although the European Union’s 27 member states are formally equal, the reality is that there are huge differences between them.

Every Man, Woman and Child in Guyana Must Become Oil-Minded – Column 132 Modest investment, gargantuan returns Last week’s column completed the review of the published financial statements of the three companies which signed the 2016 Agreement for the Stabroek Block.

By Bruce Ackerman NEW HAVEN – French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to dissolve parliament and call a snap election this Sunday will divert the world’s attention from another possible political earthquake.

By Jordan Bleicher and Josh Lipsky CAMBRIDGE, MA/WASHINGTON, DC – In a 1955 speech to a group of investment bankers, then-US Federal Reserve Chair William McChesney Martin shared a story about an economics professor who always administered the same exam.

By Mia Amor Mottley and Wale Edun BRIDGETOWN/ABUJA – A problem as unprecedentedly large and destructive as climate change demands bold new thinking and urgent action.