US Ambassador David Robinson told Washington in 2007 that international observers were increasingly uneasy about the “autocratic” tendencies of President Bharrat Jagdeo and his willingness to hit critics – like Stabroek News – where it hurts.
In a cable dated February 8th, 2007, Robinson referred to the then controversy over the government’s withdrawal of advertising from Stabroek News the previous November.
He said that the escalating conflict showed Jagdeo’s mounting willingness “to lash out at critics with more than verbal
