Welcome: Canada’s Minister of State for the Americas, Peter Kent, who is in Guyana on a two-day visit, yesterday visited President Bharrat Jagdeo at State House. According to GINA, talks focused extensively on the bilateral agenda and global financial crisis. Kent is in Guyana with Assistant Deputy Minister, Latin America and the Caribbean, Alex Bagailiskis and Chief of Staff, Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada, Stephanie Machel. The purpose of the team’s visit, according to GINA, is to discuss preparations for the proposed free trade agreement between Canada and Caricom. In this Jules Gibson photograph Kent (right) is being welcomed by President Jagdeo to State House.