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The sinking of the MV Barima puts Guyanese inequities under a global spotlight

By Janette Bulkan, Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management; Director of the Oil and Gas Governance Network, University of British Columbia

The MV Barima — an 87-year-old ferry owned and operated by the state of Guyana — recently sank off the country’s coast on its way from the country’s capital of Georgetown to Port Kaituma, a journey of about 18 to 24 hours.

Port Kaituma is a gateway to what’s known as the North West District that borders Venezuela, where outsider…

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