Barbados PM was awarded Order of Roraima for support in border controversy – Granger

President David Granger conferring Prime Minister of Barbados Freundel Stuart with the Order of Roraima earlier this year

Prime Minister of Barbados Freundel Stuart was awarded the Order of Roraima as a reward for standing in support of Guyana in the ongoing border controversy with Venezuela.

Speaking during a special taping of the Public Interest, Granger said that Stuart has been a leader in speaking out against the controversy that Venezuela created last year when it laid claim to a large section of Guyana’s maritime territory via Presidential Decree on May 26, 2015.