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    Guyana is one of the poorest countries in South America. However, huge oil deposits are being discovered in its waters. Forecasts indicate that by 2035 it could produce 1.5 million barrels per day. Guyana would therefore become the world's largest oil producer per capita. So the question is clear: Will the petrodollars boost Guyana's economic development and lift thousands of people out of poverty? Or will it become the new Venezuela? In this video we tell you about it.
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  • @VisualPolitikEN
    @VisualPolitikEN  Год назад +21

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    • @LexusUltimate
      @LexusUltimate Год назад +4

      Please talk about the EACOP(Totalenergies) oil projects in Uganda

    • @JTL1776
      @JTL1776 Год назад +1

      GUYANA about to be invaded by Venezuela.

    • @davidford3115
      @davidford3115 Год назад +2

      Seems like Maduro is channeling Saddam Hussein, claiming Guyana in much the same way Saddam claimed Kuwait was a province of Iraq.

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn Год назад +1

      @@davidford3115 It was a province of Iraq tho. It was the British who mucked that up, like they mucked everywhere else up, leaving the locals to sort through the mess after colonialism ended. Saddam was bad, but the British were far worse.

    • @davidford3115
      @davidford3115 Год назад

      @@ArawnOfAnnwn Sure, you keep lying to yourself about that. The Kuwaitis vehemently disagree with you.

  • @blueb4829
    @blueb4829 Год назад +39

    Guyana is nowhere as dirt poor as this guy describes it. I lived in Guyana 30 years ago and even at that time people had food and other necessities. Fast forward to today and the people are living even better.

    • @gawainfraites7994
      @gawainfraites7994 Год назад +4

      that's true, the way he describes it as if the place is a destitute of a place.

  • @MrSeagoblin123
    @MrSeagoblin123 Год назад +112

    Guyana has to make four major investments among others: military; education; health care; and urban planning.

    • @cmartin5903
      @cmartin5903 Год назад +1

      And obviously increase government salary in other sectors attached to the government. Also provide loans to those desiring to grow their business and those interested in doing new businesses at a low rate of return.
      In all this still try to create a balance and make local and foreign investments.

    • @antowalk2743
      @antowalk2743 Год назад

      Very good point, those areas are key plus the culture of corruption has to be stamped out like a cancerous disease. I have loved Guyana for many years and being a Jamaican Cuban loving other areas of the Americas I have hoped of a good future for Guyana. I can see though that the USA does not want good relations between Guyana and Venezuela. Suriname Guyana and Venezuela need to work better together.

    • @bobbatons1720
      @bobbatons1720 Год назад +3

      @@antowalk2743 "I can see though that the USA does not want good relations between Guyana and Venezuela"
      Again, US is to blame for everything. Venezuela is trying to grab land from Guyana, but according to you... US is to blame.

    • @shaughn2011
      @shaughn2011 Год назад +1

      @@bobbatons1720 munroe doctrine

    • @bobbatons1720
      @bobbatons1720 Год назад

      @@shaughn2011 What this has to do with Venezuela threatening Guyana?

  • @youcantata
    @youcantata Год назад +33

    My advice to Guyana people: invest in education, domestic safety, trustworthy legal system, training bureaucrats, anti-corruption, revamp politics and election system, banking, industrial R&D, entrepreneurship, industrial infrastructure like city, electricity, water, sewage, road, seaport/airport, and healthcare.

  • @heys3ntrox176
    @heys3ntrox176 Год назад +25

    I am a born Guyanese and I still live here. All the stats I hear here are about 80% true. When it comes to the politics and politicians, you are nowhere close to the nonsense we experience.

  • @yanikq
    @yanikq Год назад +149

    Hopefully the Guyanese will learn from the mistakes of their oil rich neighbours…Trinidad & Tobago.
    Similar demographics, yet identity politics lead to the dramatic depletion of our sovereign wealth fund to more implement schemes that benefitted their core electorate factions rather than the wider population.

    • @Pepe-dq2ib
      @Pepe-dq2ib Год назад

      yes, they must give in to everything the US wants or else they will get sanctioned.

    • @andrewwilliams7390
      @andrewwilliams7390 Год назад +1

      The funny thing with our Sovereign Wealth Fund is both parties failed to implement proper policies to replenish it after they took out from it ultimately leading to its sorry state. Regarding race politics the saddest thing as a young Trinidadian is that most people are interested in voting and people just came on voting for thing 1 and 2 not willing to try a third option. We could probably both agree that Tobago is different thing altogether on a local government level though its consistent support of PNM definitely does show a level of race based voting though it is iffy.
      I hope Guyana's similar political situation doesn't chain it to and make it a slave to oil and gas like Trinidad and Tobago.

    • @-whackd
      @-whackd Год назад

      They'll learn from Venezuela too. The country with vast oil wealth who has half their women being ten dollar hookers in Colombia because they're starving LOL

    • @Rman775
      @Rman775 Год назад +9

      Trinidad and Tobago's sovereign wealth fund has not been depleted, in fact it still has billions of US dollars in its coffers and continues to grow everyday. What has happened is that the fund was used over the past couple of years to plug budget holes that arose due to the drop in hydrocarbon prices. I would argue that this is exactly why the fund was set up in the first place.
      Racial politics however is indeed a sad feature of the society and I highly doubt T&T or Guyana for that matter will divert from this course anytime soon.

    • @keronali5484
      @keronali5484 Год назад

      It's been my experience that we don't. Most of us would rather our country burn than see someone with a different skin color than our own become president.

  • @nazmuchowdhury5939
    @nazmuchowdhury5939 Год назад +52

    Guyana should learn from ethnic conflicts. Racial harmony is key to success in a multi racial society. My wishes and prayers for all Guyanese.. make a prosperous country like Singapore.

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад +3

      hay Chowdhury, when did you see a race war in Guyana? Are you from India?

    • @danielmota1095
      @danielmota1095 Год назад

      If officials can't manage a small economy good luck on managing a bigger one. Outsides Officials will like corruption they like sweet deals at the expense of Guyanese CITIZENS!!!

    • @somytony9713
      @somytony9713 Год назад +1

      In the video it stated racial conflict.

  • @Rose-gy1cc
    @Rose-gy1cc Год назад +29

    I believe Guyana will do well. The country has been listed as poor for years. It’s time for us to shine.

    • @yukishiro7551
      @yukishiro7551 Год назад +4

      I agree

    • @GalaxyTime5416
      @GalaxyTime5416 Год назад +2

      Agreed

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад +1

      its listed as poor, but by liberal papers in America and europe, but if you look at the world bank reports,Guyana has been a middle income country for years. you need to stop reading lies.

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад

      hi rose our country has been middle income for years, (world bank fig )only Guyana haters say that.

    • @europaeuropa1858
      @europaeuropa1858 Год назад

      This Brit's man (BBC) is repeating what the people had known decades ago. Be careful of the Brits and the Chins no good intention there, they just kept bringing it to the face of the 👪👪

  • @philipaubin4679
    @philipaubin4679 Год назад +71

    Guyana should follow the Norway model of putting oil revenues into a trust and using only the interest.

    • @JackBlackNinja
      @JackBlackNinja Год назад +6

      Definitely the most financially prudent move. But you have to have a very socialist, familial mindset that’s absolutely antithetical to a more capitalistic valuation. Either way you need very competent governance to play it right

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад +1

      no the noway model is not the way now, infrasture and agriclure then foreign investment, now do you have some thing to say about tne Norway fund that lost a few billions? about a few months ago?

    • @718Philo
      @718Philo Год назад

      That was done and the installed thieves changed the laws and raided the funds.

    • @lawrencewilliams7845
      @lawrencewilliams7845 Год назад

      The corrupt government already removed all the money that the oil revenue give in 3 years

  • @kozakuchan1745
    @kozakuchan1745 Год назад +12

    Love to Guyana 🇬🇾 from Trinidad and Tobago🇹🇹

  • @kingdomofgarvin3432
    @kingdomofgarvin3432 Год назад +30

    Big up to Guyana 🇬🇾 from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 love Guyana 🇬🇾 🇬🇾

  • @RAS_Squints
    @RAS_Squints Год назад +30

    'He was a communist'
    That Sam O Nella bit with Eisenhower about the Banana Republics comes to mind

    • @Homer-OJ-Simpson
      @Homer-OJ-Simpson Год назад +1

      Vice News caught on video Chinas massive bribing operation tied to the leader of guayana. If Guyana is so easily corrupted, this tells me Guyana will just be another Venezuela- never turning the oil into big profits for the people.

    • @Ingcivilcarlos
      @Ingcivilcarlos Год назад +2

      Commieeeeeees *Eisenhower goes brrrrrbrrrrbrr*

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад +1

      well I got news for you Guyana was never a banana republic and it will never become, but it is a triving democracy, and the fastest GDP growth in the world,so Norway has nothing to teach us.

  • @joshuamatthias6526
    @joshuamatthias6526 Год назад +46

    One of the very few International journalists that pronounced Guyana correct. Thank you 🇬🇾

    • @onlyimports
      @onlyimports Год назад +1

      Guyana is not Latin America, people who know that probably don't even click the video cause the title already false so why click much more play the video

  • @ShainIsley
    @ShainIsley Год назад +16

    It's always nice to see outsiders perspective on Guyana.

    • @Phatgirl592
      @Phatgirl592 Год назад

      I'm telling you so know everything

  • @estebanhughell709
    @estebanhughell709 Год назад +321

    Lived in Guyana for many years, it had comical levels of corruption at all levels. I remember my mother having to bribe cops to get her passport back from a thief. So i have very little faith in it effectively using it's oil revenue. But maybe they might make enough money to brute force positive change for it's people after all it's a pretty small country population wise.

    • @itfeltsoreal
      @itfeltsoreal Год назад +18

      Damn that’s just sad

    • @castrodagoat5842
      @castrodagoat5842 Год назад +17

      lol im in guyana rn and i agree with u, brute force wealth is the only way guyana will change

    • @tauceti8060
      @tauceti8060 Год назад +8

      Last year Guyana was the least corrupt it has ever been(although a lot of work still need to done)but with the new gov,t it drop 2 points on the transperancy index.I,m not political but it's an observation.

    • @estebanhughell709
      @estebanhughell709 Год назад +4

      @@tauceti8060 it has been 10 years since i lived there but i sure hope it is doing better.

    • @shawnmetzger4518
      @shawnmetzger4518 Год назад +9

      With peering eyes from the world now onto Guyana, corruption is being monitored very closely now. That being said we have a mountain of corruption to root out from decades of it being that way. The important thing is that we are taking steps in the right direction and will learn from the mistakes of our forefathers.

  • @bryanwint4677
    @bryanwint4677 Год назад +40

    Been to Guyana twice, awesome country, reminds me of my own Jamaica. People were mixed but me being black and growing up around lots of Indians I know differences can easily be overcome when everyone lives as one people. A great country with a very bright future

    • @dino14341
      @dino14341 Год назад +2

      The population of Blacks to other Races is about 80% to 20%. In Guyana it's about 40 Blacks & the rest are East Indians, Native Indians, Chinese etc. I do not know which part of the Country you were in, maybe in the City? Jamaica race population, is totally different to that of Guyana; there is the problem!

    • @juliusmarks8917
      @juliusmarks8917 Год назад

      They have indian jamaican and chinese jamaican

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 Год назад +1

      @@juliusmarks8917
      But Afro-Jamaicans make up a solid 76% of the population.

    • @juliusmarks8917
      @juliusmarks8917 Год назад

      @@shauncameron8390 yeah you right I'm black thou

  • @gemusefachlummel6467
    @gemusefachlummel6467 Год назад +11

    *any south american country with a glimpse of hope for widespread prosperity exists*
    narcos and corrupt politicians: hold my beer.

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад

      Gemusefachlummel can you prove corruption in Guyana? you paint all the south americian nations with 1 brush. and of course there is no corruption in the european union. think of me as a pigmy that I dont know what goes on ih europe.

  • @hilaryhongkong
    @hilaryhongkong Год назад +83

    I went to Guyana a few years ago before their big oil boom, it's quite underdeveloped, even compared to other formerly British Caribbean nations

    • @josephwinslow7613
      @josephwinslow7613 Год назад +14

      Because Guyana has a big land space the size of ( 83,000 sq mls ) United Kingdom but with a small population of less than a million people. United Kingdom has over 60 million people.

    • @daggerin4life726
      @daggerin4life726 Год назад +14

      Paul.. before Oil so we talking about 8 years and more ago.. You should visit now miss Exile.. beside Guyana only a population of 750 Thousands half the size of Trinidad, population and 1/3 the size of Jamaica...Most of Population live on the COAST...BUT GUYANA IS 100, 0000 TIME THE SIZE OF THEM BOTH..🤣🤣...YOU DO THE MATHS

    • @innosam123
      @innosam123 Год назад +6

      They should have stayed as part of the UK…

    • @yukishiro7551
      @yukishiro7551 Год назад +10

      Where my country came from is not where we will stay. We had many struggles but you all only cared about how we looked. But it Doesn't matter, this country will become better and with God's help we will finally live in abondance .

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Год назад

      Brits boast in having a legacy of rich countries. What a joke. See my series proving the British Emprie wasn't the biggest. Idiots count deserts but not oceans.

  • @benlamprecht6414
    @benlamprecht6414 Год назад +7

    Thanks for yet another excellent video

  • @gregducati999
    @gregducati999 Год назад +33

    this could very likely just be a another venezuela, and may end up actually hurting growth, as it removes any incentive for the government to reform their economy, but i hope im wrong, and they do seem to be trying to copy the Norwegian model, I hope they stick to it, and invest in longterm infrastructure that will benefit the country long after the oil is gone

    • @SubvertTheState
      @SubvertTheState Год назад

      "Reform" their economy.

    • @Homer-OJ-Simpson
      @Homer-OJ-Simpson Год назад +2

      Vice News caught on video Chinas massive bribing operation tied to the leader of guayana. If Guyana is so easily corrupted, this tells me Guyana will just be another Venezuela- never turning the oil into big profits for the people.

    • @sebbvell3426
      @sebbvell3426 Год назад +1

      I'm Venezuelan and I approve this message

    • @Homer-OJ-Simpson
      @Homer-OJ-Simpson Год назад +2

      Long term it’s hard to tell because short term, it’s easy to turn some of those profits to the most obviously needed infrastructure. But as I pointed out, China has a massive bribing operation in Guyana caught on video. This means It’s likely little by little will be draining away at Guyanas potential and they will hit a ceiling at some point unless they rid corruption in their government.

    • @lvd8122
      @lvd8122 Год назад +1

      I feel like It might be clever for them to directly work with Norway on this, after all they have experience with how to convert oil money into living standard increases. And if I remember correctly Norway also has large oil companies which are majority owned by the state, might be clever to work with those as they propably are more ethical then normal oil companies

  • @vevekeexplains4249
    @vevekeexplains4249 Год назад +24

    As a Guyanese, very very well researched video.

  • @manishmurudkar
    @manishmurudkar Год назад +5

    Bald Eagle: looks like Guyana needs some freedom...

  • @pradeepmagan6951
    @pradeepmagan6951 Год назад +13

    They need to bring the Norwegians to show them how to save the oil money and Singapore to stop corruption, they also need to abolish the executive presidency and have a governor general

    • @-whackd
      @-whackd Год назад +3

      You don't need to hire or bring anyone. Lee Kuan Yews book is free online. People in general are against capitalism and prefer to be racists.

    • @gogetitg7182
      @gogetitg7182 Год назад

      How did Singapore stop corruption tho!..

  • @bobbysamuels1308
    @bobbysamuels1308 Год назад +106

    Just to be clear, "Latin America" is defined as the portion of the South Americas that were colonized by the spanish/french or portuguese. Guyana is NOT part of Latin America. The correct title should say "Richest country in *South America*"

    • @onlyimports
      @onlyimports Год назад +6

      exactly

    • @sheronbudhram2243
      @sheronbudhram2243 Год назад

      Thanks for clearing that up.

    • @onlyimports
      @onlyimports Год назад

      @@ReekyCheeks yes because many are ignorant obviously

    • @lorettanarain445
      @lorettanarain445 Год назад +7

      The Dutch,French and Spanish
      Colonised Guyana before the British.

    • @onlyimports
      @onlyimports Год назад +3

      @@lorettanarain445 why Jamaica is Not latin America? The same reason why Guyana is not cause we same as Jamaica too, the British take it from the Spanish just like Jamaica

  • @abea2731
    @abea2731 Год назад

    Thanks for sharing. Such an interesting and important aspect.

  • @djangokill65
    @djangokill65 Год назад +58

    The oil curse. Pray for the people of Guyana.

    • @bobsmith9705
      @bobsmith9705 Год назад +4

      It's one if not the poorest nation in South America basically a shithole so maybe the government will be responsible and do the right thing. I seriously doubt it though, corruption is rife and will probably be worse after the money rolls in.

    • @-whackd
      @-whackd Год назад +1

      Pray for the people of Alberta who have suffered enough under the oil curse.

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 Год назад +1

      @@-whackd
      But Alberta is nowhere near poor.

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Год назад

      @@bobsmith9705 Guyana is safer in WW3 than the USAIDS and most rich countries, or all rich countries.

    • @vernonharris8450
      @vernonharris8450 Год назад

      @@bobsmith9705
      If Guyana is so poor, then why is the country hosting thousands of Venezuelans, thousands of Brazilians living and working in the country, Hundreds of Cubans flying to shop in Georgetown and all of this before the the discovery of oil? We do not have starvation in Guyana, as it is one of the few countries in the region that is relatively food secure and will be be even more so in the future, by the allocation of substantial funds to the Agricultural sector.

  • @bbalila
    @bbalila Год назад +5

    Norway is the best way to follow.

  • @rajanjacob2577
    @rajanjacob2577 Год назад

    beautiful how did you gather so much information precise. amazing

  • @metman00700
    @metman00700 Год назад +1

    Great information

  • @Ayresplastering
    @Ayresplastering Год назад +20

    For once I feel optimistic about a country, seems like relatively prudent governance.

    • @jojolafrite90
      @jojolafrite90 Год назад

      Maybe because it's actually legally a part of France.

    • @Alexi-Raener93
      @Alexi-Raener93 Год назад +4

      @@jojolafrite90 What are you even talking?

    • @GalaxyTime5416
      @GalaxyTime5416 Год назад +3

      @@Alexi-Raener93 he's talking about French Guiana but it's not even relevant to this video

    • @jayrockstedy9890
      @jayrockstedy9890 Год назад +1

      @@jojolafrite90 you know damn well this isn't French Guyana

    • @Zeeek112
      @Zeeek112 Год назад

      @@jojolafrite90 I think that's French Guiana...Learn your geography :)

  • @freetolook3727
    @freetolook3727 Год назад +10

    Will the oil boom lift thousands out of poverty or will they be squandered and stolen?
    As a student of history, all I can say is history repeats itself.

    • @oppionatedindividual8256
      @oppionatedindividual8256 Год назад

      Norway?

    • @audleymclean3724
      @audleymclean3724 Год назад +1

      You're talking like the leaders are uneducated fools, what was not said is that Guyana has a reasonable standard of Education, much like other Caribbean Nations, these folks are sensationalist I'm not Guyanese but from another Caribbean Nation that shares same systems..

  • @mahammadshariff4257
    @mahammadshariff4257 Год назад

    Great factual documentary !

  • @13thravenpurple94
    @13thravenpurple94 Год назад

    Great work Thank you

  • @philipsingh4424
    @philipsingh4424 Год назад +27

    You literally spoke as if Guyana is extremely poor lol. I currently live here and while some or most of what you said is true, we're not entirely poor. Underdeveloped though, yes.

    • @ryansingh7353
      @ryansingh7353 Год назад +3

      Well..... The average wage for American standards is like usd$5k per month. The minimum wage in Guyana is usd$300 and ik alot of Guyana working within this range. So a Guyanese working GYD$12 million per year would consider to be rich in most neighborhood. And like I said the average American salary. 60k per year.

    • @karmaalwaysprevail1202
      @karmaalwaysprevail1202 Год назад

      @Nut Butter relatively speaking. lmaoo

    • @philipsingh4424
      @philipsingh4424 Год назад

      @@ryansingh7353 u missed my entire point...I said he spoke as if we were very poor

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад

      @@ryansingh7353 yes the American gets more, but our money goes further, and most Guyanese got better houses than Americians,

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад

      @Simon hay Simon Guyana has plenty of food and we export, and we have running water in 70% of the country, soon to be 100% dont forget we are developing
      and as for the light going out in 2 years that will not happen, but you dont talk about the lights going out in europe

  • @kervens1397
    @kervens1397 Год назад +8

    As a country in America they just have to get along with USA and everything will be fine no Venezuela no Iraq they'll be like Canada. It's a rude way to say that but it's the truth

    • @-whackd
      @-whackd Год назад

      They will be like Trinidad and Venezuela, because they are racists and anti capitalists. They won't be like Alberta because their cultures and morality is different.

    • @danielmota1095
      @danielmota1095 Год назад

      Many countries get along with USA but still corrupt and poor.

  • @LewisJGreyson
    @LewisJGreyson Год назад

    This content really highlights some important truths. Thank you.

  • @ryansingh7353
    @ryansingh7353 Год назад +1

    Great Video!

  • @ianlinares333
    @ianlinares333 Год назад +11

    they need to invest a lot in roads and railways....very poor infrastructure

    • @Omer1996E.C
      @Omer1996E.C Год назад +4

      I think they should have a sovereign wealth funds. And never get dependent on oil to finance development projects

    • @yakov95000
      @yakov95000 Год назад

      No,pouring Oil/Gas money will create massive problems.Investing and getting residual income with which the Government can slowly grow is much better solution.

    • @davidford3115
      @davidford3115 Год назад

      I agree with roads along with that hydroelectric dam. I also believe that after upgrading their medical system, they should also invest in water purification and sanitation. Doing that will put Guyana in a position to become the Singapore of South America.

    • @Omer1996E.C
      @Omer1996E.C Год назад

      @@davidford3115 this is not how things should go. Saudi arabia did the same as you have said, but they are still not developed and are dependent on oil, despite being educated, healthy people with electricity and clean water access

    • @davidford3115
      @davidford3115 Год назад +1

      @@Omer1996E.C "The Magic Kingdom" is hampered by the Sharia police. That has NOTHING to do with the expenditures of oil revenues. Nice deflection.

  • @LordGovernor420
    @LordGovernor420 Год назад +6

    You should do Trinidad next 🇹🇹

  • @JasonWorley321
    @JasonWorley321 Год назад +1

    Great video. We’ve been doing business in Guyana to broaden the economy.

  • @derrickhaimraj
    @derrickhaimraj Год назад +2

    The last 3 president IN Guyana are USD millionaire's. So I wonder if our country will ever come out of poverty.

  • @thesage1096
    @thesage1096 Год назад +30

    its interesting to see our little obscure country making appearances more and more in pop media. i remember back in the original days with simon this chanel did something on guyana. born and grown in guyana for nearly 30 years. currently i dont have much hope for the country despite the oil. currently there is lots and lots (more than any time) of "superficial development" roads ..... plans for mega bridges massive hotels and so on...but socio economically the country is crap..... lawlessness everywhere. the police is underpaid corrupt and grossly ineffective, same with the fire service. our health sector is supposedly public....but if u have money you might as well go private ...... going to the public hospitals is a sentence of absolute misery and years long trauma ( id know) ..... the people (generally) has a very lawless attitude..... feely litering the streets and the "public transport" (mini busses run by private individuals) is atrocious with usual loud, vulgar music and very careless and wreckless on the roadways. out utiliites are poor with the worse offener by far being electricity. funnily enough we just a few hours ago recovered from a multi hour long black out afftecting more than 60% of the country all becuz one truck hit a wooden utility pole. i id you not its not eaggerating. for you americans imagine a blackout from NY, down the whole east coast, tru texas and AZ and then hitting california too ..... all cuz one truck hit a power pole. ... yep.... dont even get me started with what the cost of living is like. i mean we already pay 47% taxes. i know second hand of a low level employee at one of the biggest companies in the country .... her monthly pay barely covers her RENT. dont even ask me how she manages to get food and pay her bills and guess what ? she isnt even that bad off, relatively speaking. so yes.

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Год назад +1

      The vulgar comedian Russell Peters did a joke about Guyana, simlar to:
      "An Indian got on a boat, and when they said they reached Guyana, he said: 'Well, I'M a guy, and this is Ana! Let's go!"

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад

      you are another tratior so why dont you f-- to Canada, AND DONT YOU EVER COME BACK, Tredue going to inject the crap out of you covid or no covid

    • @thesage1096
      @thesage1096 Год назад

      @@amazonwarrior7126 you sound foul mouthed and poorly educated - like much of the people of this country, unfortunately. I suggest you stop. you are making the country look worse than it already is.

    • @rayjil7435
      @rayjil7435 Год назад

      A bunch of trash talk.🤣

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад

      Hay sage, tell me which country in the world pass or present GDP has grown to 55% ? so we dont need you stupid miserely comments, you are the only jaskass here ,you cant see progress when its staring you in the face.

  • @ronaldmolokwu
    @ronaldmolokwu Год назад +10

    They better go form a pact with Norway of they know what's good for them

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад

      eno on the web, why should we? our economy is growing far faster than them.

  • @barringtonbrown7152
    @barringtonbrown7152 Год назад +1

    Good luck with all future challenge's.

  • @beverlyross7514
    @beverlyross7514 Год назад

    Thank y for sharing👌

  • @cardenova
    @cardenova Год назад +6

    Come on don’t skimp out on the Hawaiian shirt Josh

  • @Moongoldnxay
    @Moongoldnxay Год назад +4

    The classic move. Divide and conquer

  • @ashleypersaud3218
    @ashleypersaud3218 Год назад

    Correct is right keep up the good work sir

  • @JensenKangalee
    @JensenKangalee Год назад +1

    Such a comprehensive video... There is so much potential there for amazing and wonderful opportunities. Let's hope that Guyana manages the corruption issues with a strong will, because if not, the wealth will not be seen by the majority in the way it should be...

  • @lloydmoore982
    @lloydmoore982 Год назад +11

    Something definitely wrong with us humans. i have seen more homeless people in the most powerful country on planet earth than i have ever seen in Guyana or any Caribbean island except Haiti. Never saw rows of tents city's in the streets with my naked eyes no were in Guyana or the Caribbean even before Guyana strike oil. yes those are poor developing nations with little more than 50yrs of independence before it was just basic infrastructure whilst the country resources were taken out.

  • @FlamingBasketballClub
    @FlamingBasketballClub Год назад +4

    Rare video about Guyana 🇬🇾

  • @JehangirZamir
    @JehangirZamir Год назад +2

    To the gentleman narrating: East Indians consider the term "Coolies" quite derogatory. It is akin to calling a person, of African descent, by the N-word. Thank you.

  • @ramakrishna5480
    @ramakrishna5480 Год назад +1

    The no of ads in this video is insane

  • @harisadu8998
    @harisadu8998 Год назад +29

    Just being in South America does not make it Latin America. Latin America is if the country speaks Spanish or Portuguese.

    • @mikeman2137
      @mikeman2137 Год назад +2

      And French don't forget. Conveniently that always gets left out but its a Latin language.

    • @oralcummings4850
      @oralcummings4850 Год назад +2

      We are part of Latin America.The language we speak which is English contains many Latin syllables.

    • @harisadu8998
      @harisadu8998 Год назад

      @@mikeman2137 Doesn't come under the definition of Latin America although you are technically right.

    • @Sthmohtwenty
      @Sthmohtwenty Год назад

      B in usa doesn't not make u American b/s

    • @mikeman2137
      @mikeman2137 Год назад +1

      @@oralcummings4850 yes but the language english is of germanic origin. Totally different from Latin language. Terms are here and there are expected

  • @LeftWingNationalist
    @LeftWingNationalist Год назад +7

    Nationalize and then diversify with the profits.

    • @davidford3115
      @davidford3115 Год назад +3

      Agreed. If they can improve their medical system and then invest in water purification and sanitation so that people can drink water straight from the tap, then tourism becomes a VERY viable option for economic diversification.

    • @stevensmith2078
      @stevensmith2078 Год назад

      You are joking, right?

    • @daggerin4life726
      @daggerin4life726 Год назад

      That would be ideal situation in REAL World.. but Savage ExxonMobil will come crying at U snakes congress Guynaa will ILLIGAL sanction apply ( like Venezuela) Only China and Russian , Iran, can come to there rescue .. ..U snakes hegemony is comming to an end anyway.. soon.

    • @daggerin4life726
      @daggerin4life726 Год назад

      @@davidford3115 that potential is there Guyana has Trillions of Gals of Fresh NONE CONTINAMATE water.. Not to mention Thousands of Water falls if Harness can supply all of South America with Electricity...

    • @davidford3115
      @davidford3115 Год назад

      @@daggerin4life726 Sounds to me like you are engaging in wishful thinking yourself. Russia is finished as a world power. China is unreliable and treacherous as an ally, just ask the Solomons or Sri Lanka.
      And you would drink the water straight from the river? Who is joking now? You clearly have never heard of Cholera, Giardia, or Dysentery.

  • @whatthefunction9140
    @whatthefunction9140 Год назад +1

    nice shirt bro

  • @Joe-dj2nl
    @Joe-dj2nl Месяц назад

    Wonderful 😊

  • @icetrip2417
    @icetrip2417 Год назад +6

    Guyana shall rise👍🏾👍🏾

    • @yukishiro7551
      @yukishiro7551 Год назад

      I'm with you

    • @icetrip2417
      @icetrip2417 Год назад +2

      @Bessie Hillum I'm British lm just showing love dude 🤦

    • @icetrip2417
      @icetrip2417 Год назад

      @Bessie Hillum citzen

  • @lorddabian5030
    @lorddabian5030 Год назад +5

    Do a video on Aruba

  • @eaphantom9214
    @eaphantom9214 Год назад +1

    18:25 - wow really?
    Now that is Astounding

  • @kenaanwilliams3245
    @kenaanwilliams3245 Год назад +1

    I lived Guyana for 18 years I never felt “extremely poor” food was never hard to find its always in our yard and we were never short of anything so idk what you are talking about

  • @binjongun9447
    @binjongun9447 Год назад +3

    USA + China = Player Unknown Guyana BattleGround

  • @navinkv7024
    @navinkv7024 Год назад +67

    Okay.. The next country for democracy and freedom is...

    • @sathwikajiri6482
      @sathwikajiri6482 Год назад

      I was expecting someone to write this up🤣😂👍 knowing America, I'm pretty sure they'll use their resources to plunder oil from this country just like how they steal from Iraq, Syria and Libya..

    • @RUTHLESSambition5
      @RUTHLESSambition5 Год назад

      Basically. If America can't loot then instability and wars happen

    • @TylerSolvestri
      @TylerSolvestri Год назад

      China is already exploting them, and their Vice president getting exposed for nepostism. Too late.

    • @meneither3834
      @meneither3834 Год назад +5

      Probably not though.

    • @gugulethuzangwa8358
      @gugulethuzangwa8358 Год назад

      Gayana

  • @westcoastwilly6261
    @westcoastwilly6261 Год назад +1

    Damn, Josh is looking sharp in this one.

  • @saltyBANDIT
    @saltyBANDIT Год назад +1

    David was a good man :)

  • @tdreamgmail
    @tdreamgmail Год назад +4

    My freedom sense is tingling.

  • @creater-wj6cg
    @creater-wj6cg Год назад +5

    You guys should do more Caribbean countries

    • @dantefreeman7849
      @dantefreeman7849 Год назад +3

      Like Barbados

    • @creater-wj6cg
      @creater-wj6cg Год назад

      @@dantefreeman7849 and Dominica

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Год назад

      The eastern ones (Antillas) are rarely covered, so I know little about them other than that the evil racist Brits stole some islands, and so did pirates from the Nutterlands. Also, the Spanish abolished cannibalism there, I think.

  • @eee9514
    @eee9514 Год назад

    I know I'm not the only one in a Guyanese family that keeps getting sent videos like this.

  • @jonathanshivel1302
    @jonathanshivel1302 Год назад +1

    About 10 years ago I worked on rig doing exploration out of French Guiana. They been knowing they had oil

  • @nom5205
    @nom5205 Год назад +4

    seems like the greatest wealth/benefit of the oil find is that guyana gets to keep essequibo. But of course that comes at a cost. America gets a sweet oil deal while keeping the venezuelans out of essequibo.

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад +2

      YOU think venezuela can beat Guyana in a fight, ? you only think one country will help us? this war will be a long distance duel, and vicious jungle warfare. Guyana only needs a resupply of ammo we dont need manpower.

  • @RS-ls7mm
    @RS-ls7mm Год назад +24

    We have seen this before. Poor country suddenly finds wealth. At first great optimism, then wild spending, then massive corruption, then everyone is poor again.

    • @fturatti
      @fturatti Год назад +4

      That's more or less what happens when a poor people get a lot of money from the government, lottery or anything.

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Год назад

      The poor are always poor. The rich just get richer until God kills them and puts them in hell.

    • @peterbradshaw8018
      @peterbradshaw8018 Год назад +1

      Think Venezuela

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад

      did you tell that to saudi, kawait, qutar?

    • @RS-ls7mm
      @RS-ls7mm Год назад

      @@amazonwarrior7126 Give them time.

  • @intolat6417
    @intolat6417 Год назад +1

    The politician has to be honest and stop stealing the oil money

  • @jameswatt7249
    @jameswatt7249 Год назад +2

    I hope so.

  • @monokumaxd1943
    @monokumaxd1943 Год назад +4

    Quick comment… Guyana is anglophone so not a part of Latin America even though it’s a part of South America. well done over all though.

  • @jurduyn1130
    @jurduyn1130 Год назад +6

    I suspect it will go the same way as in Nigeria and Angola….only a handful will become rich and the population will remain poor, best of luck to them!

    • @davidford3115
      @davidford3115 Год назад

      I hope they are smart and use the revenues to first build that hydro-electric dam and then upgrade their medical system. They should then follow that up with sanitation and water purification so as to get a stranglehold on typical tropical diseases such as Malaria, Yellow Fever, Dysentery, Typhoid, and encephalitis. Once the water is safe to drink from the tap, then opening their beaches to tourism becomes a real viability, thereby diversifying their economy. There is great potential for Guyana to become the Singapore of South America.

    • @jaybee4577
      @jaybee4577 Год назад +2

      Wtf are you talking about? Are Nigeria and Angola the only countries with rich elites and poor population?

    • @jurduyn1130
      @jurduyn1130 Год назад +1

      @@jaybee4577 No Jay, however these were the countries which came to mind in relation to oil wealth and their history of handling the black gold. Sorry if I offended you in some way.

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 Год назад +1

      Or Equatorial Guinea. Oil-rich. Highest GDP per capita in the continent, but 75% of the population poor.

  • @RAS_Squints
    @RAS_Squints Год назад +14

    'When voters are more concern about the racial identity than the performance of their politican, it never leads to anything good' Oh do tell

    • @steverobertson6393
      @steverobertson6393 Год назад +1

      Funny how it's okay for some groups to express solidarity while others . . . not so much. "They're not empowered they're bad people" A world where self-love is hate.

    • @adhirbose9910
      @adhirbose9910 Год назад

      Donald Turd?

    • @AaronVanWolfen
      @AaronVanWolfen Год назад +1

      South Africa, Bosnia, Lebanon.... Racial tension is a cancer in any country

  • @Gbode
    @Gbode Год назад +14

    Guyana needs some freedom 🦅

    • @Homer-OJ-Simpson
      @Homer-OJ-Simpson Год назад

      They are already becoming a puppet of China. China was caught on video running massive bribing operation in Guyana

    • @daggerin4life726
      @daggerin4life726 Год назад +1

      No homo allowed..So I understand ur pain. 🤣

  • @WillieFungo
    @WillieFungo Год назад +13

    Guyana isn't as poor as you are making it out to be. You portray it as some kind of subsistence economy, when it's GDP per capita of roughly 7,000 is normal for the region. And on par with countries like Thailand, etc.

    • @LIME--
      @LIME-- Год назад +2

      almost every country in the caribbean has a higher gdp than guyana

    • @WillieFungo
      @WillieFungo Год назад

      @@LIME-- Guyana is in South America and higher than most countries in the region. Colombia is only like $5,000 per capita for example.

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад

      @@LIME-- look at the world bank report on the Gdp before you open your mouth.

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад

      hay Willie you need to understand that this foreign report is a load of lies, why do you think we get a load of attacks its because we are going ahead, now the only way thay can try to stop it is to bring in race wars and hark back to the bad years in Guyana. AS a Guyanese I dont see Guyanese killing one another like in America, but all you read is race wars and racial discramation. Alot of people hate the progress hapening in Guyana.

  • @stischer47
    @stischer47 Год назад +4

    Lived in Guyana for three years and learned a phrase when applied to politics there (excuse the misspelling): Do fer do, nah obiah. What it means is that while your party was in power, you stole; now that our party is in power, it's our turn. Sort of tit for tat. The election I observed while there was that people voted for the party that won because "they wouldn't steal as much" (a direct quote). Fantastic people, fantastic culture, corrupt government.

    • @danielmota1095
      @danielmota1095 Год назад

      Fantastic people and culture and corrupt government you just described Latin America. No matter what language what they speak or racial background.

    • @deodatetwaroo4115
      @deodatetwaroo4115 Год назад

      That phrase has existed so long in Guyana,where politics is concerned, many of us don't know it any other way. Which is precisely the root of all our problems.

  • @albertroundtree299
    @albertroundtree299 Год назад +1

    This is the modern day version of Blue Peter news.

  • @gregorioceriales4924
    @gregorioceriales4924 Год назад

    we started drilling there in Guyana Exxon Mobil I worked in Stena drilling ...

  • @R33Z47
    @R33Z47 Год назад +10

    Very accurate documentary but am afraid that racism is such an issue in my country and it’s all because of the government. Just hope that they use the resources to better the country

  • @masnwrdl0511
    @masnwrdl0511 Год назад +4

    Guyana isn't in Latin America. They don't speak a Latin language, they speak English / English creole

    • @adrianbristol4392
      @adrianbristol4392 Год назад

      clown is not a Spanish speaking country but ti is still a South American country

    • @nt3264
      @nt3264 Год назад +2

      @@adrianbristol4392 You're the clown. Not all nations in South America are considered to be part of Latin America.

  • @aarononeal9830
    @aarononeal9830 Год назад

    Visual politics needs to talk about Ecosia they are a search engine that plants trees

  • @hjalmarfreidenvall1655
    @hjalmarfreidenvall1655 Год назад +1

    Neat

  • @thrissurdiary9583
    @thrissurdiary9583 Год назад +43

    Two months later....
    Next video: Guyana, what went wrong?

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад

      thrissur nothing went wrong the only thing happenrd to Guyana has the fastest Gdp growth ih the world, stew on that.

  • @ryanguilbert3425
    @ryanguilbert3425 Год назад +5

    How is their oil production any different from T&T or Venezuela?

    • @Rman775
      @Rman775 Год назад

      Well in terms of production they'd produce a great deal more than T&T and well as for Venezuela I think they'd produce about the same at their peak, if not a little more, but I stand to be corrected.

    • @ryanguilbert3425
      @ryanguilbert3425 Год назад +1

      @@Rman775 well to my understanding the quantity of oil in that area of the world is not an issue...it's the ability to extract it that is the main hurdle for those countries. T&T has drastically reduced oil production lately, for whatever reason. Will Guyana allow a foreign oil company to come in and exploit it, is the question...

    • @Rman775
      @Rman775 Год назад +1

      @@ryanguilbert3425 Well you are right that extracting the oil in that part of the world can be quite difficult but I do not believe this is the case for Guyanese oil which is one of the reasons oil exploration and extraction is so attractive there. T&T was always a smaller producer of oil and only produced 100,000 barrels per day at their peak so I think the current reduction is simply due to diminishing returns, but I think gas production is more important to them these days anyway.
      Also I see no huge issue with foreign companies coming in and extracting the natural resources because Guyana on its own does not have the expertise or resources to do so. Everyone gets something out of this arrangement.

    • @ryanguilbert3425
      @ryanguilbert3425 Год назад +2

      @@Rman775 well said, thank you. Sounds like a life changing opportunity for Guyana. It's already a resource rich country tho, so it'll be interesting to see how the politicians handle this new temptation.

    • @adrianbristol4392
      @adrianbristol4392 Год назад +1

      because the oil found in Guyana is cleaner than Trinidad and venezuela oils and the market prefer it more

  • @carolinaarmenteros5478
    @carolinaarmenteros5478 Год назад +2

    The government should reinvest the money that's coming from the oil in the country to improve their infrastructure and so other urgent needs.

  • @pietropasotti4418
    @pietropasotti4418 Год назад +2

    What happened to the shirt?!?!?! No more flowers!!!!! You said Guyana, you mean GuChina. I suggest this very interesting docu by Vice: Undercover In Guyana

  • @containedhurricane
    @containedhurricane Год назад +8

    We all know what happened to Venezuela. Hopefully there will be a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology, so we could minimize fossil fuel combustion and pin climate change down

    • @steverobertson6393
      @steverobertson6393 Год назад

      Okay. I'll bite. You're repeating a trope without thinking. Imagine FUSION is magically available in an the form a small cereal box sized engine available at Home Depot that can power a truck for 100 years for the cost of $1,000. How long does it take until everyone is using those engines? . . . We know because we went thru this before with coal being replaced by petroleum. The answer is 40 years. So even if the world you describe were real and here, it's still 40 years until the new energy technology fully permeates the economy.
      My friend, it ain't gonna happen.

  • @goshlike76
    @goshlike76 Год назад +3

    Well they can either become rich or they can be liberated. Maybe some democracy will do the trick.
    *lights cigar*

  • @danutavram831
    @danutavram831 Год назад +2

    Most of this money will not reach its citizens, it will reach politicians and businessmen !!

  • @shamsahmed1458
    @shamsahmed1458 Год назад +2

    oil will be a curse for them

  • @MrSunturion
    @MrSunturion Год назад +3

    The Title for this video is very loose and sightly misinterpreted. YES Guyana is technically located in Latin America BUT Guyana it's SELF is NOT a Part of Latin America, it never has been.

    • @daggerin4life726
      @daggerin4life726 Год назад

      Latin American loosely mean from Artic to Antarctica....Tip of North to futherest point in South...

    • @tauceti8060
      @tauceti8060 Год назад +2

      It's part of CARRICOM

    • @daggerin4life726
      @daggerin4life726 Год назад

      It's HEAD of Caricom... Carricom headquarters is in Guyana...!!

  • @GuildsmanPirate
    @GuildsmanPirate Год назад +4

    Guyana isn’t Latin America… it’s Anglophone

    • @davidford3115
      @davidford3115 Год назад

      Indeed. What a wonderful turn of events if Guyana can avoid the curse of other oil-rich nations and becomes the Singapore of South America.

    • @FlamingBasketballClub
      @FlamingBasketballClub Год назад

      Guyana is in South America LMAOOOOOO

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 Год назад

      @@davidford3115
      Given Guyana's history, don't hold your breath.

    • @GuildsmanPirate
      @GuildsmanPirate Год назад +1

      @@FlamingBasketballClub South American ≠ Latin America

    • @davidford3115
      @davidford3115 Год назад

      @@shauncameron8390 I will not, but maybe they will surprise us. Best to keep expectations low, sadly.

  • @alexialustrous
    @alexialustrous Год назад

    Okay.... what's the source of your information sir?

  • @michaelcopper9993
    @michaelcopper9993 Год назад +1

    I think the one thing Guyana should do is build schools & hospitals too support what will be their growing population do to their on coming growing economy. This also means colleges with the lastrar research in all fields of learning.
    Then so much sent to Citizens like Alaska does.

  • @icetrip2417
    @icetrip2417 Год назад +10

    So venuzueal literally has 2000billion barrels of oil but it still wants more🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @briodiz4772
      @briodiz4772 Год назад

      Infact it's 303 billion barrels. I think maduro just wants to distract venazuelans form domestic problems

  • @-whackd
    @-whackd Год назад +3

    Unfortunately for them, electric autonomous vehicles will travel the majority of passenger miles by 2030 which will cause a supply shock, and make only select oil wells profitable.

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Год назад

      so how come we getting rich,and do you see usa has all electric cars? it never going to happen not ,even in europe its not happening, why are Europe now using coal again plus Gas?

  • @bozonoah2198
    @bozonoah2198 Год назад

    I’m a quarter Guyanese and you can buy stuff from shops with gold its pretty cool