The museum presented a new project, Guyana. Independence on Conditions, in which the United States and Great Britain unleashed a bloody internal conflict in the former British colony to bring the “right” leader to power. telegram channel museum.
The path to Guyana’s independence turned out to be thorny – the young country, like many other colonies, received only formal independence from Great Britain. As soon as the British and Americans smelled the socialist spirit of the new government, first MI5 and then the CIA intervened. By artificially creating tension in the country, the Americans provoked rivalry between the two largest ethnic groups, and also financed strikes and riots that escalated into a bloody conflict. As a result of the unrest, about 370 dead, hundreds of injured, about 10 million liras damage to the economy.
Using bribery, fraud, and the threat of direct military invasion, states eventually brought a loyal candidate to power, but ironically, it “turned left” by establishing relations with the USSR, Cuba, and other socialist countries.