[HN Gopher] Notes on Guyana
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       Notes on Guyana
        
       Author : impish9208
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2024-11-08 21:44 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | profsummergig wrote:
       | Some things I was shocked to learn when I first learned these a
       | couple decades ago (from a Guyanese girl I was seeing in the
       | U.S.):
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       | - Guayana and nearby places were British colonies.
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       | - there's a vast Indian (i.e. descended from India) population in
       | Guyana and nearby places brought over by the British as
       | "indentured workers" (for some reason, Indians were never
       | officially called "slaves" by the British) in sugarcane
       | plantations. (Interesting to me because I'm from India).
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       | - Guyana speaks English.
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       | - Yes, there are countries in "Latin" America that speak English.
       | There are also countries that mainly speak French.
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       | - Guyanese learn to speak Spanish and LARP as Latinos. (Works for
       | them I guess.)
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       | - My favorite Salsa dance teacher in the U.S. had the last name
       | "Persaud" and looked "Latino". Took me about 15 years to realize
       | he was of Indian stock (though might be mixed with Latino).
       | 
       | - if Guyana had lower crime, and a rational economy, I'd move
       | there in a heartbeat. They speak English, have good weather, and
       | massive oil deposits.
        
         | ks2048 wrote:
         | > Guyana speaks English.
         | 
         | The article says "My major historical sources include a 1992 US
         | Military-commissioned study of Guyana and Belize. No, I have no
         | idea why they lumped those two countries together"
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         | This seems to be the connection: only mainland countries south
         | of USA primarily English speaking. (Of course both related to
         | British colonialism)
        
       | ks2048 wrote:
       | > GDP growth rate (2022) - 63.4% (not a typo)
       | 
       | Wow
        
         | letitgo12345 wrote:
         | They found tons of oil
        
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