VENEZUELA AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

Written by Ralph Ramkarran
Saturday, 25th October 2025, 9:00 pm

The US’s intimidatory deployment of military resources in the Caribbean Sea, allegedly to disrupt the flow of drugs from Venezuela to the US, was expanded from the eight warships, carrying surface to air and surface to surface missiles, a nuclear submarine and F-35 aircraft, by the addition of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the Gerald Ford. Apart from an arsenal of missiles and radars, the Gerald Ford carries 75 aircraft. One US official said that the aircraft carrier will enhance and augment existing capabilities to disrupt narcotics trafficking and degrade and dismantle transnational criminal organisations. Since the initial deployment weeks ago, there have been 10 strikes against alleged drug vessels killing 40 people. There are clear indications that US forces intend to operate within Venezuela ostensibly targeting drug facilities. 

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CAN THE PPP NOW BROADEN ITS POLITICAL APPEAL?

Written by Ralph Ramkarran
Saturday, 18th October 2025, 9:00 pm

Prior to the September 1 elections, it appeared that the PPP and PNCR were forever destined to be considered as ethnic parties because they obtained their support largely from the two major ethnic groups that make up the Guyana population. The size of the these groups, when considered against the political support generally received by the PPP and PNCR, suggests that each attracts support from outside their traditional bases. It is known that the PPP attracts support from the Amerindian community and the PNC from the Mixed population.

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THE FUTURE OF ETHNIC POLITICS

Written by Ralph Ramkarran
Saturday, 11th October 2025, 9:00 pm

According to the official results, electoral support for the PNC grew from 40.52 percent in 1964 to 55.81 percent in 1968, to 70.10 percent in 1973, to 77.66 percent in 1980, to 78.54 percent in 1985. Despite the ethnic voting patterns in 1957, 1961 and 1964 and internecine violence that lasted from 1962 to 1964, the PNC proclaimed after the 1964 elections that it had brought an end to inter-racial violence and discord and that ethnic harmony then prevailed.

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TALK, TALK, TALK!

Written by Ralph Ramkarran
Saturday, 4th October 2025, 9:00 pm

During last year the Chairman of Banks DIH, Clifford Reis, complained about the functioning of the Stock Exchange. When the Chairman of the largest, pioneering, public company, speaks people usually listen. He had good cause. Between 2023 and the present, despite record profits, and a burgeoning economy, the share price of Banks DIH stock has dropped from $190 to $140.  Had this phenomenon affected Banks DIH only, it could have been argued that the fall in its share price had something to do with the management of the company. After Clifford Reis spoke, there was a flurry of activity in Government circles in relation to reforming the Stock Exchange. There was no follow through and nothing happened.

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CREATING AN OASIS IN A CONGESTED CITY

Written by Ralph Ramkarran
Saturday, 27th September 2025, 9:00 pm

This article was written and published in September, 2021, under the title “D’Urban Park,” urging its creation as a ‘recreational space,’ one of the objectives of the President’s Plan to rescue Georgetown. Now is therefore an opportune time to revive consideration of the future of D’Urban Park.

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The Conversation Tree is both physical and philosophical. The physical is the tree itself, which has given its name to the road from which it originates at the intersection of the Rupert Craig Highway. It was reputedly first planted by Napleton William King in 1876 to celebrate the birth of his son Napleton Walter. As...
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