Yet head just 50 miles inland, and Guyana becomes resolutely South American. Here is a world of rainforest, savannah and mountains where indigenous Amerindians still make up much of the population.

She noted that once upon a time, Amerindians never suffered from diabetes ... jorop, galleron, snake dance, baboon dance and the chicken hawk dance. They were eager to learn the dances.

Thirteen Amerindian communities are participating in a Community Mines Ranger training programme facilitated by the Guyana Mining School and Training Center (GMSTC) under the Ministry of Natural ...

Axel Rudakubana, the 18-year-old who murdered three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, has been sentenced to serve a minimum of 52 years in prison. The time includes concurrent sentences ...

Over the past four years, more than 240 Amerindian villages in Guyana have benefited from government-led development programs and increased funding. These efforts have strengthened village economies, ...

This ministry, which, he said, is the “most dynamic ministry” in Guyana became an active force in advocating for and addressing the needs of Amerindian communities. The passage of the Amerindian Act ...

THE Opposition’s failure to develop substantive policies for the betterment of Amerindians was sharply criticised by ... “The budget is fundamentally strong on transitioning and modernising Guyana. It ...

2022] Parliamentarians approved an $80 million sum that will go towards the revision of the 2006 Amerindian Act, a crucial piece of legislation for Guyana’s Indigenous peoples. The Ministry of ...

Carbon credit programme Some 248 Amerindian villages across Guyana have received an additional injection of $9.6 billion, under the landmark Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030 Carbon Credit ...

Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai during the budget debate Billions of dollars are being spent on the resuscitated Community Service Officers (CSOs) programme, an investment the Minister ...

“We the PPP/C reach out to the total population of Guyana. The PPP/C reaches the utmost ends of this country. I see no reason why we should not support budget 2025. On behalf of the Amerindian people ...