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Article: Basket case of the Caribbean. (Guyana)
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- National Review
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- March 28, 1986
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BASKET CASE OF THE CARIBBEAN
AMID PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, the banning of foreign observers, the beating of Dr. Cheddi Jagan, and expected allegations of fraud, Guyana has now elected Desmond Hoyte to succeed President Forbes Burnham, whose long rule over the country ended in August. Burnham, known to his friends as Odo, died during throat surgery performed by Cuban doctors. Hoyte, a 56-year-old lawyer, had been his vice president. The continuation of Burnham's PNC (People's National Congress) party in power will maintain Guyana as--in Jeane Kirkpatrick's recent description--one of the most densely packed Soviet forward bases in the world. It more than compensates ...