2025-09-02
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Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.
I'm Roger Hearing and on this edition,
the people of Guyana vote for a president and parliament to decide what to do with the country's new oil riches.
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But let's start with Guyana,
which is a country that has one of the world's fastest-growing economies,
earning billions since 2019 from its offshore oil.
Its 800,000 population has been voting on Monday for its president and parliament,
and a major issue is how those billions are going to be spent.
Another shadow hanging over these elections is how to deal with a threat from Guyana's neighbour,
Venezuela, which claims almost half Guyana's territory.
Well, joining me now is Neil Marks,
editor of the cable and online news agency The Newsroom, based in Georgetown, Guyana.
Neil, thanks for being with us here on World Business Report.
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