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The attraction of oil: first ever US Secretary of State visit to Suriname and Guyana

Friday, September 18th 2020 - 09:36 UTC
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Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first US secretary of state to visit Guyana and Suriname as the discovery of oil fuels a sudden new interest in the small South American nations. Read full article

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  • sallysandra

    Welcome to heroic Captain Pompeo the Great Democrat who cut the Guyana Knot and delivered democracy after a 5-month farrago by a racist regime. Delay squandered precious resources and losses ran into millions of dollars as a de facto regime denied victory to lawful winners of the election. Captain Pompeo announced visa sanctions against the usurpers but they remain in the opposition and stoke internecine strife. Development is stymied but energy and financial security is improving and international aid will boost personal security. Best wishes to the renowned Exxonmobil consortium which discovered 18 major oilfields in deepwater offshore Guyana,promising transformation of the impoversihed country to a prosperous modern nation. We wish the US delegation a safe journey to Brazil and Colombia and appreciate the goodwill and gifts which will inspire and comfort the populace during the pandemic and the ongoing refugee crisis on the border.

    Sep 18th, 2020 - 07:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pugol-H

    “the discovery of oil fuels a sudden new interest”

    the discovery of oil, fuels a sudden new interest

    the discovery of oil fuels, a sudden new interest

    Sep 19th, 2020 - 01:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    Pugol-TTWH

    It's an actual devious political opportunistic construct as a large territorial area of Guyana is claimed by Venezuela. Any Exxon petroleum facilities would be obviously protected by the Americans.

    Venezuela is currently stalemated in halting the production.

    ¡Saludos!

    Sep 19th, 2020 - 07:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pugol-H

    Chicureo-CMoTA
    Yes, I am aware of the territorial claims Venezuela makes in respect to western Guyana, Zona en Reclamation, or something like (apologies for the bad Spanish) I believe they call it.

    Yanks would just love an excuse to pitch in there no doubt, except I suspect the Venezuelans would surrender in droves to the Americans and demand to be sent to the US as POWs.

    I was just playing some games with the sentence, it just struck me there were a few way to go with it. In an article that was otherwise quite concise in its use of English.

    We just love word games, much of our humour is based on playing with words.

    What do you call a Fly without wings? A walk.

    Sep 20th, 2020 - 12:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    Pugol-TTWH

    We used to terrorize Peru and Argentina with word games.

    American employment of propaganda, psychological warfare (PsyWar), psychological operations (PSYOP) has a enormous word phrase vocabulary that are ominous and yet sometimes hilarious.

    For example: “terminate with extreme prejudice” in today's equivalent jargon and has several covert alternatives that can severely cause international confusion.

    Cheers!

    ¡Saludos!

    Sep 20th, 2020 - 02:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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