President Donald Ramotar yesterday in an address to the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) called on governments to do more to “reduce poverty and inequality,” because they pose “the greatest threat to democracy and security” in the region.
Poverty and inequality, he added, “can only be addressed through hemispheric cooperation,” according to an OAS press release.
In a protocolary session of the council at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, President Ramotar said, “for Guyana, no priority is greater than to combat poverty, extreme poverty, inequality and social exclusion through policies that
