Foreign Minister urges Guyanese diaspora to be vigilant

Dr. Karen Cummings

Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Karen Cummings has urged Guyanese in the diaspora to exercise greater vigilance as she says Guyana’s “progress and prospects” has given rise to envy and skepticism by both local and international actors.

Addressing a sizeable crowd of, Minister Cummings said the oil boom about to flood Guyana is causing many internal and external forces to become “envious and skeptical of the country’s progress and prospects.”

“When you see local and international actors behaving in a particular way, you must understand what is inspiring them,” Cummings was quoted as saying by the Department of Public Information (DPI) at a meeting with overseas-based Guyanese on the sidelines of the 74th Session the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York Thursday evening.