Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Paragraph 9 in its current iteration should not have been accepted by Guyana.

Dear Editor, Editor, I accept that GHK Lall tortures the English language but does not get it to reveal its meaning so I could be misinterpreting his pejorative letter of the 10th December describing the distribution of the $25,000 cash grant to pensioners.

Dear Editor,  A picture tells a thousand words and more.  The firm handshake and averted eyes by the Venezuelan President when meeting President Ali conveys an awkward President Maduro as compared to a composed and in control President Ali looking directly at his adversary, daring him to meet his eyes.

Dear Editor, ‘The Presidents of Venezuela and Guyana, Nicholas Maduro and Irfaan Ali met in St Vincent and the Grenadines today under the chairmanship of Ralph Gonsalves the Prime Minister of SVG  and the current chair of CELAC.

Dear Editor, I am profoundly shocked, saddened and extremely concerned about the attempt on the life of Mr.

Dear Editor,  The news about the meeting in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines this week brokered by Brazilian President Lula, to be held under the auspices of the Chairpersons of CELAC and CARICOM, with President Lula’s foreign affairs Adviser, the respected former Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and the Jamaican Chef de Cabinet in the UNSG’s office present, aligns with my own sense of optimism I have been maintaining throughout, that good sense would prevail.

Dear Editor, As an economist, I look at the current standoff between Guyana and Venezuela as an opportunity for rapprochement.

Dear Editor, Given the fundamental illegality of Maduro’s actions which clearly repudiates international law, his disputed legitimacy as Venezuela’s leader given the widespread allegations of electoral misfeasance surrounding his grip on power, the myriad questions revolving around the legitimacy of the recent Venezuela referendum, the fact that Guyana has openly and rightly stated that it is the ICJ and nothing else that will determine Essequibo question, strong and justified international support for Guyana as a victim due to Venezuela’s recent actions and conduct, our vastly strategic oil importance and the recent UN chiding of Venezuela, President Ali should not, I repeat should not, meet Maduro under any conditions whatsoever.

Dear Editor, Whatever Venezuelan president Maduro may say he wants to concede in talks with President Ali, he should not be believed, even under a white flag.

Dear Editor, I am pressed to respond to the “analysis” of a certain Joel Bhagwandin who, like the PPP more broadly, seems tragically unaware that Guyana is an oil producer with skyrocketing production.

Dear Editor, The sugar cane plant Saccharum Officinarum has been hybridized and bred as an annual plant i.e.

Dear Editor, With limited international relations resources at our disposal at home and our missions abroad, we have done relatively well over the last few months to rally support on our side on the border controversy.

Dear Editor, President Irfaan Ali is attending the meeting hosted by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves with the support and blessings of the entire nation and that of CARICOM and the international community.

Dear Editor, With regards to a letter published in the Kaieteur News on the 11th of December, 2023 which stated that I am the national coordinator for agriculture is very inaccurate.

Dear Editor, President Ali is scheduled to meet Venezuela’s President, Nicholas Maduro Moros tomorrow, (Thursday, 14th December, 2023) at the request of the Heads of Government of CARICOM and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

Dear Editor, Embedded in Mr. Jagdeo’s reflection on COP 28 (‘COP 28 pledge of US$400M not enough to assist impacted countries – Jagdeo’ in SN, Dec.

Dear Editor, Joe Solomon, the cricketer who played for Berbice, Everest, Guyana and the West Indies, and one of my boyhood heroes, died last week at the age of ninety three.

Dear Editor, It is being promoted from our side of the border that Thursday’s ‘appropriate’ dialogue will focus on the maintaining of the zone of peace and respect for international law.

Dear Editor, Most Public Service employees were completely blindsided by the salary increase offered by the government.

Dear Editor, I would appreciate it if you could grant me a space in your newspaper to highlight a complicated issue that can be easily resolved with planning and coordination.