Guyana Refuses to Meet U.S. Delegation

GUYANA – The Guyanese government said it will not engage members of a U.S. delegation that will be in the country on a “fact-finding mission” into claims that the state is discriminating against citizens of African ancestry.

In a statement on Sunday, the government said it would not meet with the U.S. delegation since its members are “acting in their private capacities” and their trip “is a clear interference in Guyana’s domestic politics with a bias towards the political opposition in Guyana.”

The delegation, which is led by Georgia Assemblywoman Dee Dawkins-Haigler and South Carolina representative John King, is due to arrive in Guyana today and will leave on November 19th.