This speech for me will forever remind me of that day of infamy when we were forced to listen to the kabaka. I was a student of NATI and they shut the school down and herded us all into the stadium for this torture.
burnham had a chance to build a decent independent Guyana with a great infrastructure and a good GDP but no he fell into racist policies as his legacy.
[quote author=Snoopster link=topic=63204.msg395837#msg395837 date=1328583818] He was the CIA's man. Fcuked up the country under the watchful eye of Uncle Sam who's only concern was that the Marxist Jagan didn't take power.
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thats it right there..the truth. it however does not absolve Burnham of anything. he was the executive in charge so he is guilty
let me start dispensing my opinions at higher levels once again.
Burnham had The USA and England and western countries to donate policies like the marshall plan but his thirst for power salivated into tyrannical rule.