Jagdeo seen as willing to hit critics where it hurts – cable

Stabroek News staffers protesting against the ads cut-off on October 15, 2007 (SN file photo)

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 8, 2007, Robinson referred to the then controversy over the government’s withdrawal of advertising from Stabroek News the previous November.

He said the escalating conflict