US Ambassador, Brent Hardt, plays a dynamic role in our society. The adage that a village raises a child translates well to our world today: the global village raises a nation. We are inter-connected, inter-dependent and inter-related on every level of our social, economic, cultural and political being.
We live in a new era in this 21st century. Old, 1960’s concepts such as guarded nationalism, myopic hungering after an undefined view of sovereignty and such petty self-pitying hankering after a vague view of internal affairs all serve narrow interests, and fail to connect Guyana to the global village, this world of nations knitted together under multinational imperatives.
So we welcome Hardt’s pro-active stance, especially on matters of strengthening the Guyanese democratic machinery.
The Ambassador speaks with admirable courage, integrity and openness on controversies dogging us. Four matters baffle our nation today: Local Government elections; the deteriorating social and environmental state of our capital Georgetown; our stunted State media; and that
