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The Dangerous Comfort of Doing Nothing
An opposition MP says enforcing the law is intimidation. What she is really defending is the status quo that left Georgetown's streets flooded and its…
Apr 12
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Alfonso De Armas
The Opposition's $50 Problem
The PNC's critique of the $100,000 cash grant collapses under the weight of its own arithmetic.
Apr 6
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Alfonso De Armas
July 2025
Campaigning for Dummies (and the Internationally Sanctioned)
No passports, no press, no policies, no problem.
Jul 2, 2025
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Alfonso De Armas
June 2025
I predict 2006’s electoral results as the yardstick from which 2025’s can be projected
With a popular incumbent and a fragmented opposition, the parallels to 2006 are clear—though the political context has evolved.
Jun 9, 2025
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Nikhil Sankar
May 2025
Griping Over Jagdeo's Remarks Unfounded
There has been some pearl-clutching in the press by some, including MP Annette Ferguson, over a falsehood that VP Jagdeo labelled the collective public…
May 22, 2025
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Nikhil Sankar
Progress Requires Memory
What happens when a nation forgets its own political and economic scars
May 17, 2025
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Alfonso De Armas
Sanctions, Solidarity — and the price to pay
Social media and the press went ablaze over the weekend with the news of Odessa Primus’ denial of entry into the US — and her return which quickly…
May 14, 2025
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Nikhil Sankar
Sanctions, Candidacies & Reality: Nikhil Sankar responds to the Mohameds
Setting the record straight on the Mohameds’ contorted rebuttal of my prior article.
May 14, 2025
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Nikhil Sankar
Contagion By Association
Much has been said in the public domain about the prospects of Presidential Candidates who face the baggage of international sanctions.
May 14, 2025
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Nikhil Sankar
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Macroeconomics vs Media Spin
The IMF sees fiscal discipline, strong non-oil growth, and no Dutch disease. Stabroek News sees… whatever fits their narrative.
May 9, 2025
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Alfonso De Armas
Why Bamboo Fire?
Perspective over performance. Thought over theatre.
May 8, 2025
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Alfonso De Armas
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Nikhil Sankar
Taxing Dreams vs. Funding Futures: Who Really Has You In Mind?
A Young Guyanese Recounts Two Very Different Visions of Education and Opportunity
May 8, 2025
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Nikhil Sankar
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