If you look at different countries’ economic trajectory since 2020, you’ll notice widespread struggle, a couple of total nosedives like Argentina, a handful of countries doing alright like Fiji, and one country doing really, really, really alright.
That would be Guyana.
The country is growing like no other and all kinds of infrastructure is rapidly going up in Georgetown and other parts of the country.
For the longest time, the country was largely an obscure and underrated eco-paradise. But now it feels like it’s cards are stacked against each other.
The economic boom is largely driven by the discovery of oil just off the coast. Will Guyana’s environmental legacy take a hit? What do people there think of the competing interests?
I went to find out.