U.S. Ambassador Nicole Theriot chose the stage of Guyana’s Global Biodiversity Summit to meddle openly in the nation’s democracy. On Wednesday, she declared the United States “extremely concerned” about sanctioned businessman Azruddin Mohamed’s potential election to Parliament, warning it could “send jitters” through the U.S. private sector and sabotage Guyana’s “beautiful position” as an investment hub.
With unnerving audacity, she invoked Afghanistan, a cheap scare tactic, claiming investors might “de-risk or cut ties” entirely. Yet her performative alarm rings hollow. While the Embassy hyperventilates over financial crimes, it has deliberately turned a blind eye to the PPP government’s real atrocities; extrajudicial killings, industrial-scale money laundering, and corruption rotting the state from within. We must not forget that according to the learned Professor Clive Thomas, narco trafficking was responsible for more than 40 percent of the economy under Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar presidencies.
This isn’t diplomacy, it’s hypocrisy engineered to sway an election. Theriot knows Mohamed’s parliamentary bid was inevitable; the WIN Movement’s momentum to secure multiple seats has been undeniable for months. The Ambassador’s true fear? WIN’s surging support threatens to fracture the PPP’s base, clearing a path for the APNU opposition coalition, a reality confirmed by U.S.-funded polls, or the unthinkable, that WIN could actually win the elections. So much for neutrality.
Even as Donald Trump explicitly ordered U.S. embassies worldwide to “STAY OUT of local politics,” Theriot acts with impunity, placing America’s thumb on the scale to cripple WIN. Her interference mirrors the PPP’s own thuggery, recall Demerara Bank’s cowardly cancellation of opposition accounts under Jagdeo’s orders, a blunder that backfired spectacularly when Guyanese citizens roared their defiance. That same defiance must now target Theriot’s overreach and Demerara Bank’s complicity, boycott DDL and every brand enriching these collaborators.
Guyana faces a searing question; Are we a sovereign nation or a U.S. puppet state? Theriot’s meddling echoes the West’s historical bullying, tactics once defied by Forbes Burnham, who forged independence while today’s PPP regime kneels to foreign masters. And as the people suffer, the Embassy’s message blares; Extrajudicial Killers? Silence. Racist politicians? Silence? Broken schools? Silence. An opposition voice in Parliament that could sabotage their support for the PPP Puppets? “The sky is falling!”.
Enough! The path forward is clear, Guyanese must reject foreign manipulation, punish domestic collaborators, and reclaim Guyana’s destiny at the ballot box. The proverbial chips must be allowed to fall where they may.
