India’s PM is on a State Visit to Guyana. Now, a State Visit doesn’t just mean a head of state is visiting a country – like Pres Ali does when he goes up to the US to “press the flesh” with our diaspora. In a State Visit, ahead of state – like with India’s PM Modi right now – is invited by another – here Pres Ali – to the latter’s country. In State Visits, all kinds of protocols have gotta be observed, since it’s one of the oldest forms of diplomacy, involving highly ceremonial engagements like 18-gun salutes/military guard, diplomatic meetings, dinners, etc. So, the fella who griped about all the “hoopla” over Modi’s visit is a very uncouth lout, who clearly just crept out from under a rock located in some remote cave!!
Another comment came from that old PNC thug and Burnham enforcer, Hamilton Green; who griped sourly that the PPP officials hosting Modi won’t mention Burnham, who’d invited Indian PM Indira Gandhi here back in 1968!! Now, why would the PPP want to mention that old rigger and assassinator in the presence of the PM of the largest democracy in the world?? Just to regurgitate our shameful history of racial dictatorship? Green also clearly wants to forget that Modi won’t mention Indira Gandhi, because when she declared that “Emergency” in India in 1975-1977, she jailed all opposition figures – and banned Modi’s RSS!! Modi had to disguise himself as a Sikh to move around during what he calls those “dark days when all India was a prison”!! Lastly, Drupadi Murmu – not Modi – is President of India, and is addressed as “Your Excellency”!!
Now for the visit itself. You gotta hand it to Modi – who’s 74 years old – for the energy displayed after touching down at Timehri at around 9pm from Brazil. There he’d engaged in a series of intense interactions at the G20 meet with Pres Biden, Pres Xi and Pres Lula, among so many other high-level leaders!! And he’d gone THERE straight from a visit to Nigeria, where he’d fulfilled a packed itinerary of official duties. Yet, you would’ve thought he had had a full 8-hour sleep as he did the meet-and-greet with our officials, who were led by the also indefatigable Pres Ali!! Pressie’s over THIRTY YEARS younger than Modi, but the secret, your Eyewitness was told, is Modi practises a daily regimen of Yoga – not to mention not smoking or imbibing alcohol!!
Yesterday, Modi met with the Caricom leaders, most of whom were at the Marriott to greet him, and then visited some significant cultural sites — like the Gandhi statue in the Promenade Gardens, and the Indian Arrival Monument’s replica of the Whitby at the Merriman Mall.
Go Modi!!
…Venezuelan President-elect
Well, Trump hasn’t even yet been sworn in as President, but the other foot has fallen on Mad Maduro in Venezuela! Four months after the disputed election, in which Mad Maduro claimed victory amid accusations of fraud, the US – in the person of Sec of State Blinken – has declared that it recognizes opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as “president-elect” of Venezuela!!
On X, Blinken emphasized that the Venezuelan people “spoke resoundingly” to make Gonzalez the president-elect. And in what should be of great interest to the PNC and AFC – who ignominiously tried to rig our elections in 2020 – Blinken declared: “Democracy demands respect for the will of the voters”!! Not surprisingly, Mad Maduro tried to bluster his way out – claiming weakly that the US’ recognition of the Opposition Leader was “ridiculous”!! What was ridiculous was Biden not taking this step earlier – and doing so only after he attended the G20 meet in Brazil — where Lula had earlier blocked the Madman’s application to join BRICS+because of his undemocratic action!!
…PNC’s misdirection
The PNC and AFC are doubling down to lay the groundwork for claiming “fraud” after they lose the 2025 elections. Knowing that, constitutionally, our voters list must include overseas Guyanese who’re registered, they keep screaming, “Bloated list!!”
