President Bharrat Jagdeo used the airing of the FIFA World Cup 2006 on the National Communications Network (NCN) to boost his image, a US embassy cable to Washington posited.
The cable, recently released by WikiLeaks, said that State TV, NCN made it appear that Jagdeo personally part-sponsored the airing of the games when in fact the money came from the Guyana Lottery Fund.
The cable, dated June 14, 2006, noted that
