Guyana Oil Wealth

/
Guyana Oil Wealth

Guyana, a small South American nation with a population of over 800,000 people, experienced a significant oil boom that transformed it into the world’s fastest-growing economy. The President of Guyana, Irfaan Ali, has announced that every Guyanese citizen aged 18 and older as of January 1, 2024, will receive a $100,000 cash grant. The President also announced that in addition to abolishing the tuition fees for the University of Guyana from January 2025, the Government will also be abolishing the tuition fees at all Government technical and vocational schools.

Angela Brooks for YAME
Read More

Emancipation Day, Trinidad & Tobago

/
Emancipation Day, Trinidad & Tobago

A dual-island Caribbean nation with distinctive Creole traditions and cuisines, Trinidad’s capital, Port of Spain, hosts a boisterous carnival featuring calypso and soca music.

First colonized by the Spanish, the islands came under British control in the early 19th century. Sugar plantations dominated the colonial economy throughout the nineteenth century. Sugar cane fields cover the island and mills for refining it. Until the abolition of slavery, the main source of labor was the force of enslaved Africans –men, women, and children brought from Africa to the Caribbean.

By Theo Edwards
Read More