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On 6 December 2023, a Bell 412EP helicopter operated by the Guyana Defence Force crashed in western Guyana, killing five out of the seven on board. [1] The crash happened about 30 miles east of Arau near the Venezuelan border. [2] The helicopter carried senior GDF military officers, and was reportedly conducting "border operations". [3]
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Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana. 6 April – The International Court of Justice rules that the case of territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana over Guayana Esequiba can proceed. Guyanese President Irfaan Ali welcomes the decision and commits Guyana to solve the dispute
After the vote, Maduro created a military zone near the country’s border with Guyana and designated a general as the sole authority of Essequibo, where about 125,000 Guyanese live.
Kaieteur News is a privately owned daily newspaper published in Guyana. Kaieteur News columnists include Freddie Kissoon , Stella Ramsaroop, Adam Harris , and an anonymous columnist who goes by the nom de plume "Peeping Tom".
The 2023 Guyanese local elections, officially due since 2020, were held on Monday, June 12, 2023, following the latest delay of the officially biennial polls by three years due to lawsuits and vacanies at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) following the fallout and misconduct of the 2020 Guyanese general election and the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
Mahdia Secondary School is a secondary school in the gold-mining town of Mahdia in the Potaro-Siparuni region of Guyana. The school serves students aged 12 to 18. Fifty-nine girls usually lived in the dormitory where the fire happened, but three of them were at home when the fire broke out. The majority of alumni are of Amerindian descent.
With a land area of 214,969 km 2 (83,000 sq mi), [13] Guyana is the third-smallest sovereign state by area in mainland South America after Uruguay and Suriname, and is the second-least populous sovereign state in South America after Suriname; it is also one of the least densely populated countries on Earth.