Bilateral trade and economic relations between Guyana and Brazil characterized by exchange visits by delegations from the two countries have always been a fairly reliable barometer of the timbre of relations between them. Earlier this week, in a baffling break with the customary practice, the Government Information Agency (GINA) issued a media release on the most recent visit by a local trade and investment team to Brazil at least a full 48 hours after the delegation had arrived in Boa Vista and commenced engagements there.
GINA said in its media release that the Guyana team comprised 12 members drawn from the Ministry of Business, the Guyana Office for Investment, Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GL&SC) and the Ministry of Agriculture and described the trip as a “Trade and Investment Explanatory Mission.” The state-run news agency reported that engagements in Brazil would “surround potential land options, how Brazilian businesses could access land in Guyana for large-scale agricultural operations, incentives and procedures for the agricultural sector” as well as “general information on Guyana’s agricultural sector, and technical requirements when undertaking specific agricultural activities in Guyana.”
