Only the Foolish or a Mad Money Launderer Would Invest in Guyana Right Now

The oil and gas conference is over, and frankly, it was a lukewarm pantomime of purported success, more for show than substance. The organizers would do well to travel the world and attend real business conferences to see what a productive, well-run event looks like.  But let’s cut through the charade, any investor who is actually putting money into Guyana right now is either laundering money or just plain foolish.

Guyana may be sitting on vast oil reserves, but this country is far from stable. Maduro, the lunatic dictator next door, is encroaching on Guyanese territory, making wild and spurious claims to our land. Yet, the government’s response is more of the same PPP brand of incompetence and empty bravado.

And while our leaders fumble on the international stage, domestically, the nation is on fire.

Discontent is boiling over, and everyone is pretending it doesn’t exist. The PPP government is corrupt to the core, enriching family and friends while leaving ordinary Guyanese struggling to survive. The country is deeply divided, with half of the population, predominantly Afro-Guyanese, being systematically discriminated against. Homes and land are being seized or blocked from ownership in a quiet but deliberate act of economic oppression.

What business-minded investor would pour money into a country where corruption is the only functioning system?

• Half the population doesn’t have a high school education.
• Public sector wages are abysmally low.
• Public services are in shambles.
• The ease of doing business has hit rock bottom.

PPP officials siphon money into their own pockets, while the average Guyanese can’t even get basic government services without bribery. Contracts are handed out to cronies and ghost companies, leading to infrastructure projects that crumble before they are even completed. Meanwhile, foreign investors see a web of red tape, inefficiency, and corruption, unless, of course, they’re washing dirty money through the system.

Guyana has potential, yes. But investing here is not for the faint of heart. This is not an environment for legitimate business, it is a haven for criminals, money launderers, and those with deep enough pockets to bribe their way through the madness.  Anyone seriously investing here right now is either too foolish or corrupt to care or too blind to see the writing on the wall.  And as for the PPP? They can keep up the circus, but the audience is starting to leave.