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For some reason the current leader of Guyana (who has a muslim name) hangs out a lot with India's Modi (who is an open islamophobe). A strange set of bedfellows
by profsummergig 2y ago
For some reason the current leader of Guyana (who has a muslim name) hangs out a lot with India's Modi (who is an open islamophobe). A strange set of bedfellows.
Theory is that 1) Guyana needs to wage war with Venezuela over oil-rich disputed territory [1], and 2) Guyana wants to build a lot of infrastructure. Might be opportunities there.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana%E2%80%93Venezuela_territorial_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana%E2%80%93Venezuela_terri...
- kylehotchkiss 2y agoHow did Ghana get pulled into this?
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- profsummergig 2y agoOops, typos. Corrected. Thanks.
- unmole 2y ago> India's Modi (who is an open islamophobe Someone should tell the Emiratis and Saudis. They keep hanging out with him and signing deals.
- alephnerd 2y ago> Theory is that 1) Guyana needs to wage war with Venezuela over oil-rich disputed territory [1], and 2) Guyana wants to build a lot of infrastructure. Might be opportunities there Ali studied in India so that probably played a significant role. More critically, India's ONGC and Reliance have signifant stakes in Venezuela's ONG industry, and act as a mediator between Guyana and Venezuela. Guyana is also trying to become a major ONG exporter now, and the biggest greenfield market for that is now India.