Dear Editor,
The US Embassy in Guyana Wednesday on its official social media page, shared a vintage photography of late President Jagan exchanging with Kennedy during his visit to New York in 1961. The photograph was captioned “Celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations”.
Ironically, Jagan’s visit was barely tolerated and he even suffered Spivak’s character assassination, who presented him to the American population as evasive and a potential communist threat. If anything during that visit, Jagan was diplomatically mocked, and development funds were declined to a meagre US$5 million, as opposed to the US$12.5 million later released for the commencement of another US installed South American dictatorship under Burnham.
The late Kennedy might be a hero in his country, but for this Guyanese woman he was an instigator of dictatorial oppression and ethnic cleavages in a land which was never his. The Embassy should think twice before boasting of diplomatic relations when the only thing the US has done in this part of the world, is overthrow Governments, install dictatorships, and then parasite us for our resources while trapping and buying us with “aid” that has proven to be useless for lifting populations out of poverty.
So I say to the US Embassy, if you want to make a valuable contribution to Guyanese, start by being honest (as incredible as it sounds) and share information which enlightens us. For instance, declassifying State documents on CIA covert operations and how you supported the Jagans being thrown in jail, might be a good start.
Sincerely,
Anna Correia
