Guyana

operated by Canadian corporations are gold mines, which employ the usage of cyanide filtering to extract the most resources, albeit at the price of a higher environmental impact (ibid.). A case study of the environmental impact of a gold mine located in Guyana will be used to exemplify the type of impact that these mining practices can…

In Guyana there are few national symbols. Cuffy specifically, is a forefather of emancipation. After the abolition of slavery in 1834, and then have full emancipation in 1838, the country recognized their struggle and appreciation to their only national hero, “Cuffy.” Kofi Badu, “Cuffy,” was from Ghana, West Africa, and brought to the Dutch colony of Berbice to work as a house slave a barrel maker on the plantation of Magdalenburg. Unfortunately, after working on the plantation, Cuffy became a…

Reaz Mangar HUM 101 12 February 2016 My family of four came to America at what feels like many decades ago from Guyana, in search of a bright future. By the time we arrived in America, my parents only had ten dollars in their pocket. Our humble beginnings did not prevent them from sending me and my sister to school. However, my parents had no idea what was disaster was awaiting my sister at school, and neither did she. My sister hardly spoke a word of English, and was the only one wearing the…

Coolie Woman: The Odyssey Of Indenture written by Gaiutra Bahadur is an autobiographical expedition to find heritage and cultural ties to history and the hidden oppression faced by many who lived through an indentured lifestyle. After almost 10 decades since Bahadur’s great grandmother first moved from Bihar, Calcutta to British Guiana, Bahadur returns to India to follow the paper trail of her great grandmother’s past. A shortage of needed labor post-slavery was a catalyst for the British to…

Spice Trials and Trips There were all these spices: turmeric, star anise, masala, mingling in hot air with the slightest differentiation, but still melting together in one pungent curry. The bright, orange-red chicken with the thick, gloopy sauce, paired with a fluffy piece of roti to wipe the whole plate clean was my siren song. My palate was already satisfied by the aroma the food was steaming with, but I had to ask: “There isn’t too much spice in this, right?” “Oh, you can handle the…

Venezuela, located at 6.4238 degrees north and 66.589 degrees west is a South American country located in the northern region of the continent bordering countries such as Guyana, Brazil, Colombia and the Southern Caribbean Sea. The Country is known worldwide as a main exporter of millions of precious amount of petroleum oil. Venezuela comprises a continental mainland that also consists of numerous islands in the Caribbean Sea, such as Margarita Island which is the best known of these islands.…

Venezuela The Orinoco Dolphin is found in Venezuela’s Orinoco river. Venezuela is located in South America surrounded by Colombia, Brazil, Guyana, and Caribbean sea. “It contains some of the world’s oldest and most mysterious geologic formations, the world’s highest waterfall, and some of the world’s rarest and most unusual flowers fish, birds, and animals”(Winter 3). Venezuela interesting geography, humid climate, presidential republic government, poor economy, intriguing culture, and fun…

During the 1960’s, Jim Jones started the People’s Temple, a racially integrated, socialist, Pentecostal worship-inspired church, which caused controversy after he led the mass religious suicide of over 900 people on November 17th, 1978 at Jonestown, Guyana. While some branded the People’s Temple as cult, David Chidester’s book Salvation and Suicide analyzes the People’s Temple from a religious perspective to understand the underpinnings of its values and ideologies. By doing so, he embraces the…

They are specifically found in cities of South America, like Brazil, Peru, French Guyana, Suriname, Guyana, and Bolivia. This canopy species lives in undisturbed rainforests. This primate species which mostly spends it's time in the upper or middle sections of the rainforests, lives in areas isolated from human population, and human development…

long-term breastfeeding continues. Those are the women that have a lower risk of breast cancer and lose their baby weight faster compared with others who do not breastfeed their babies Here is a good example, I am from a third world country (Guyana). In Guyana, almost 95% of the moms breastfed their babies and very seldom it was unheard of a woman diagnosed with breast cancer. As we all know breast cancer are classified by many types. Such as family history, diet, exercise and not…