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Was for gold. Now its for oil. Guyana is fast becoming a petrostate, the Fastest Growing economy in the world. But new wealth has stoked old tensions. Neighbouring socialist venezuela claims a vast chunk of guyanese territory. The stakes are suddenly very high. We shall Never Surrender an inch of our territory. Heavily forested guyana has always been a carbon sink. Now, with the oil and gas flowing, some call it a carbon bomb. Fragile ecosystems are vulnerable to possible oil spills and rising s...

spills and rising sea levels. guyana is making choices which will have global impact. will they be wise ones? its republic day in georgetown, guyanas capital. party time for the countrys 800,000 people. the ministry of natural resources is on the road. i want to hear you make some noise. the stage is set here for transformational change, a resource—driven economic boom that will spread unprecedented wealth through the generations. in past decades, guyanas dominant commodity was gold,...

The discovery of huge oil reserves in Guyana has given the tiny nation an opportunity to become a vital part of global energy markets and a major oil nation of the future