Profile Of A Barrel Economy

seriously Cappo.....did you leave for political reasons?

I honesly left for economic/opportunities......with every intention of helping my famo (esp my mom) as soon as i possibly can.

you are right we cannot compare, but ppl in Guyana have ALOT more today then what they had in the past - maybe thats result of their families sending them everything from outside...i dont know.  but i know they have plenty...

we went home in 2007 and my cousins have built beautiful homes, they make a modest wage, the children are fed and go to school - no help from us.

but the people in buxton was not able to move up because there was and still isn't any way for them to do it

You Folks have the expert ability to SEPARATE  the 2 ...

VB , Polit Sci. 101 .......:

the economy is directly tied to the politics of the ruling party !

the "progress" that people see and comment on is a result of trading in contraband items (in the past) and the drug trade (in the present) ...  and of course remittances ...


the ordinary working class man in Guyana cannot even afford to pay his rent, muchless buy land and build fancy house etc.


having a a good education in Guyana does not translate into a comfortable life .... 

Ketch....when I said political reason....I meant people who are persecuted (esp physically) because of their political affiliation.

I know that politics & the economy go hand-in-hand

but......more than one party has ruled guyana in our lifetime......and it is still a third world country!

but, the PPP was supposed to be the great white hope ..

I do the same, whenever I go to Guyana, we usually send two barrels in advance, I usually send food stuff.