A Report on the GlobeSpan Policy Webinar — examining Guyana’s position amid Middle Eastern conflict, the closure of Stabroek News, governance gaps, and ExxonMobil’s $100 million STEM investment.
A Report on the GlobeSpan Policy Webinar — examining Guyana’s position amid Middle Eastern conflict, the closure of Stabroek News, governance gaps, and ExxonMobil’s $100 million STEM investment.
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The Vertical Wound Race, Class, and the Architecture of Elite Control in Guyana
March 15, 2026 “The African and Indian elite of the 1970s drew on the old racist manipulation to defend their interests as rulers.” — Walter Rodney, Columbia University, 1978 “This privileged political …
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Breaking the Inheritance Gridlock: A National Economic Imperative
March 10, 2026 “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” — …
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Access and Excellence: Beyond the False Binary of Merit and Ethnicity in Guyana’s Economic Empowerment
March 8, 2026 “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” — …
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The Architecture of Exclusion: Patronage, Oil, and the Unfinished Work of Building One People, One Nation, One Destiny
This Sunday Essay is sponsored by Metallica Commodities Corporation. For over two decades, MCC has operated at the intersection of natural resource extraction and global logistics, trading all non-ferrous metals, including copper, …
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Rubio in Basseterre: What the Secretary Said, What He Didn’t, and What the Caribbean Must Hear
Secretary of State Marco Rubio flew overnight from the State of the Union to address CARICOM in Basseterre — the first such visit in a decade. What he said mattered. What he …
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ExxonMobil’s US$100 Million STEM Initiative: A Landmark Investment That Guyana Must Now Match with Institutional Seriousness
ExxonMobil’s decade-long, US$100 million commitment to STEM education in Guyana is one of the most significant private-sector investments in Caribbean human capital. It deserves unreserved welcome — and rigorous, constructive scrutiny in …
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The Rainbow and the Ledger: Jesse Jackson, Economic Justice, and the Unfinished Architecture of Inclusion
“There is no talent deficit. There is an opportunity deficit.” — Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., who died this morning at the age of eighty-four, was …
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Beyond the Spectacle: What Guyana’s Energy Conference Reveals About Oil Governance
On the eve of Guyana’s fifth annual Energy Conference, the Guyana Business Journal convened a conversation that cut through the promotional veneer to examine what this marquee event—and the governance structure it …