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  • The Island of St Lucia in the Caribbean with a population of around 100,000 people Thames Television’s ‘This Week’ visited the island nation to see what the overseas aid has done for its people and what is needed to increase the standard of living . Some developing countries have criticized the way the aid is given such as the Prime Minister Forbes Burnham of Guyana.
    First shown: 16/09/1971
    If you would like to license a clip please e mail: archive@fremantle.com
    Quote: VT4910

Komentáře • 286

  • @GermainAnthony
    @GermainAnthony Před 2 lety +41

    Interesting to see that 50 years later, we are still struggling with the same development imperatives. We have made a lot of progress yes, but we still seem to be focused on the wrong set of priorities, making progress painfully slow. The capacity and productivity of our people was and still is the most important thing we need to work on. Turnham was right by the way. Development aid which amounts to one cigarette a day can never do more than the opportunity for a people to have ownership of their own resources and to enjoy unrestricted trade with their neighbours. In Saint Lucia, we have become even more dependant on tourism and being a nation of waiters will never be enough for our young people's aspirations. Investment in human capacity that makes our people globally competitive is critical.

    • @iriereggaevibes1553
      @iriereggaevibes1553 Před 2 lety +2

      AN IT WILL BE ANOTHER 50 YRS TO GO..

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Před 2 lety +2

      Go to st Lucia and do some thing about it,instead of critiziseing

    • @jasonclairmonte8638
      @jasonclairmonte8638 Před 2 lety +7

      Germain, you know my thoughts on this. The emphasis on education and raising internal capacity was never developed. Mr. Bell is 100% correct. The aid can never be maximised because we are not ready for it. Burnham's idea is sound. But we all know Guyana has always been hampered by internecine strife. And his moves won him no support with the US. As a result, Trinidad has made the most progress. Educating its people aggressively and also being blessed with resources.

    • @docteryates8077
      @docteryates8077 Před 2 lety +3

      Prime Minister Burnham*

    • @LucianScorpio
      @LucianScorpio Před 2 lety +8

      As an educator, I couldn't agree with you more. Some have looked at the physical additions - the electricity, roads and other infrastructure - and equate them with development, but fail to understand that mentally, the people still remain, and are doomed to remain. in shackles, because they are socialised to be subservient workers, as opposed to masters of their own fates.

  • @comedicmood2729
    @comedicmood2729 Před 2 lety +15

    The narrator's tone is dripping with condescension & the paternalistic idea of 'yall natives should be happy for our benevolent 'aid' at loan shark terms

    • @paulinemuthena6545
      @paulinemuthena6545 Před 25 dny

      Burnham was a sadist.Starved people to death.Monster and thief.

  • @lizabetx483
    @lizabetx483 Před 2 lety +23

    The late Professor Courtney Bartholomew is the lecturer 11:31. He is credited with diagnosing the first AIDS case in the English Speaking Caribbean and would go on to devote the rest of his career to HIV and AIDS research. A brilliant and compassionate man.

  • @generalmail5151
    @generalmail5151 Před 2 lety +20

    Whatever you may think of Burnham, his oratory was first class

    • @karanpersaud1
      @karanpersaud1 Před rokem

      I agree, full of charm, sadly a good talker and a poor doer.

    • @chinuablair231
      @chinuablair231 Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@karanpersaud1😂😂😂😂😂😂 are any politicians doer??

    • @narinedatseenarine9896
      @narinedatseenarine9896 Před 6 měsíci

      He was the last class to talk about, he’s a dictator for 28 years. Starved the nation and rigging all the elections, when he is in power. Burn in hell

  • @paulcheddie
    @paulcheddie Před 2 lety +32

    The arguments made by LFS Burnham are as relevant today in modern day Guyana as they were back then when he articulated them. A true visionary.

    • @adampersaud4716
      @adampersaud4716 Před 2 lety +10

      It's 1 thing to be a visionary it's another to implement .. former president Burnham was a failure to the guyanese people..

    • @rrsp60
      @rrsp60 Před 2 lety +2

      @@adampersaud4716 Of course he was a big-time failure. Blind allegiance to such political figures is troubling.

    • @wyndhleodumegwu253
      @wyndhleodumegwu253 Před 2 lety +4

      @@adampersaud4716 Agree:To date, all the past, present, unpatriotic, selfish, corrupt, ethnocentric "leaders" were/are.

    • @Leroy175
      @Leroy175 Před 9 měsíci +1

      He was way ahead of his time.

    • @Leroy175
      @Leroy175 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@adampersaud4716, no he was not. He was the best thing that happened to Guyana. Look at all those weak puppets at the head now. Selling Guyana on the cheap. China will own Guyana very soon. Thanks to the PPP.

  • @imranhussainsaleh3132
    @imranhussainsaleh3132 Před 2 lety +18

    Wow, seriously wow. Really appreciate these informative old school vids didn't even know existed.

    • @happyheidi747
      @happyheidi747 Před 2 lety +4

      People of today, don't realise how good they have it, so this to a spoilt brat child of today 😒

    • @Felinal_19
      @Felinal_19 Před 2 lety +8

      @@happyheidi747 Lol they literally have it worse. Testosterone levels are at an all time low and it's only going to get lower because all the technology isn't giving them a reason to excercise and go outside. It's making our men more feminine. They've seen it all on the internet. But then again it's all about choices.

    • @imranhussainsaleh3132
      @imranhussainsaleh3132 Před 2 lety +2

      100% agree with the both of you and I think we should do more to help other people make better choices and make people aware of their choices rather than only stick to what they know such as games and tik tok lol that everyone seems to learn all their life lessons from

    • @junewebb-baptiste2409
      @junewebb-baptiste2409 Před 2 lety +1

      @@imranhussainsaleh3132 That is not peculiar to the West Indies.I'm afraid that technology is being misused worldwide by too many people who form their opinions from the media and who won't think for themselves

  • @lizabetx483
    @lizabetx483 Před 2 lety +16

    My father was born in 1930 in St Lucia but migrated to Trinidad in the 1950s. He passed last year at age 91 but had farmed a 2 acre plantain estate with the help of a fellow aged St Lucian until he was 87. He returned to agriculture after retiring from a prior job. Agriculture was in his blood. I first visited the island in 1985. This video could not possibly be filmed in 1970 because there was significant development by 1985. The level of development would have been difficult to accomplish in only 15 years.

    • @aranielleb7718
      @aranielleb7718 Před 2 lety +1

      Mam, look at their clothing.. which time period you expect this to be??

    • @lizabetx483
      @lizabetx483 Před 2 lety +4

      @@aranielleb7718 The the period the video was filmed was most likely in the 1960s and not the 1970s. This is a logical observation based on the level of development I saw on the island in 1985. Fifteen years would not have been enough time to create the St. Lucia that I observed. Of course poverty still existed and most homes especially in rural areas were made of wood. But the conditions were not as poor as that depicted in the video.

    • @pauline5745
      @pauline5745 Před 2 lety +4

      It was in the 1970s because they referred to Guyana bauxite company which was recently nationalized and that was 1971

    • @iriereggaevibes1553
      @iriereggaevibes1553 Před 2 lety +1

      Cause they stole all the $$$

    • @godfreywilliams1635
      @godfreywilliams1635 Před 2 lety +5

      @@iriereggaevibes1553 I want say that I have lots of St Lucian friends who came under Mr Burnham presidency and have done well in the gold industry and continue to also doing well in other field. Even their off spring are doctors ,teachers nurse mechanic ,office workers and lots of other jobs shops and hotel owners

  • @Nottsboy24
    @Nottsboy24 Před 2 lety +21

    Interesting documentary and history back then! St Lucia is now well developed and a tourist location as like the other Caribbeans Islands 👌

    • @mariothelegend430
      @mariothelegend430 Před 2 lety

      Same for Guyana

    • @adampersaud4716
      @adampersaud4716 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mariothelegend430 do explain 🤔 how Guyana 🇬🇾 is developed??

    • @mariothelegend430
      @mariothelegend430 Před 2 lety

      @@adampersaud4716 oil was discovered in guyana

    • @mariothelegend430
      @mariothelegend430 Před 2 lety

      @@adampersaud4716 back then compared to now Guyana is far more developed

    • @adampersaud4716
      @adampersaud4716 Před 2 lety +3

      @@mariothelegend430 it's 1 thing to discover oil 🛢 the other is to get the true benefits from oil 🛢 unfortunately Guyana 🇬🇾 won't see those true benefits..

  • @peacemaker8352
    @peacemaker8352 Před 2 lety +28

    Burhnam speaks about the structural adjustment programs given by the world bank and IMF as a required condition of accepting loans. I worry about the oil situation in Guyana.They most likely took a loan from the world bank to help develop the oil sector.If the loan isn't paid in full plus interest,there will be dire economic consequences for all its citizens.I hope the oil sector continues to boom.This is what contributed to the downfall of venezuela,they defaulted.

    • @imulligan2492
      @imulligan2492 Před 2 lety +5

      IT was also the Economic Sanctions that the US placed on the country...but I do agree with the loan default

    • @iriereggaevibes1553
      @iriereggaevibes1553 Před 2 lety +1

      Debt?😈👿👿

    • @docteryates8077
      @docteryates8077 Před 2 lety +4

      Disfortunately, most Guyanese politicians and business sectors are students of What to think Colonially, not HOW to THINK by Graspmatyx.

    • @jermaincummings2679
      @jermaincummings2679 Před 2 lety +2

      Haha as I listen to Comrade the late Forbes Burnham. I can't help noticing the amount of confidence,self conviction and arrogance that seems to be coming out his pores haha.I think his visions were good but the method he used to accomplish them was bad.And the state that Guyana found itself in by the timed he died is the fact of it .I do hope that the present crop of politicians Understand that Oil does not solve everything in your Nation .And do pump some of it into other Traditional areas to the benefit of the entire country and not just a few supporters and friends.

    • @jermaincummings2679
      @jermaincummings2679 Před 2 lety +1

      @@docteryates8077 I agree partly with you my brother.We always have to cater to how we deal with these guy's. The trick is to find that balance between accepting their help.And ensuring we continue to develop our selves. So that at some point in the future we can force them to treat us with more respect.

  • @docteryates8077
    @docteryates8077 Před 2 lety +6

    "HOW to THINK is much more Productive than what to think." By Graspmathologist Dr R. Yates.
    Listening to Emperor Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham II intelligence of speech, which made the interviewer mumbled in his native English dialect, is another example of HOW to THINK before you speak to someone who is amazed at the linguistical articulation of Prime Minister L.F.S. Burnham.
    As a boy and teenager, i have had the honor of meeting Prime Minister Burnham twice. Before meeting him in person, his articulation of speech on GBS and Radio Demerara Broadcasting Stations in Guyana, influenced me and many students.
    I do admire Prime Minister Burnham for applying the Graspmatyx facts to the interviewer and all who are listening.
    National self reliance is much more Productive of a Nation than Colonizers hand down financial Aids. The giving of financial Aids to a Nation is equivalent of giving financial Aid to a beggar with stipulating how he or she should spend the money, and not investing the money.
    "Aids can never build a Country, It dehumanizes the individuals, and make them loose confidence in themselves." By Prime Minister L.F.S. Burnham the Second Emperor of Guiana/Guyana.
    When Graspmathologist Dr. R. Yates introduced Graspmatyx in the year 1997, to the Governments of Guyana then and now, they failed to realize that both Prime Minister Cheddi B. Jagan and Prime Minister L.F.S. Burnham were productive students of Graspmatyx.
    The PPP, PNCR, PPPC, APNU and AFC have never invested in my Graspmatyx approach of helping teachers, students, parents and other adults learn Graspmatyx.
    Had they, then all Guyanese at home and abroad would be beneficiaries of 80% of Guyana's Natural Resources.
    Racial Colonial Democratic policies of Guyanese politicians and private sectors have refused Graspmatyx.
    www.graspmatyx.com

    • @shampersaud2763
      @shampersaud2763 Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you Doctor Yates for introducing this website .I will also recommend you to read this book called , NO APOLOGIES NECESSARY , By EARL CARTER.....You can buy from Amazon..

  • @Mmvrvin
    @Mmvrvin Před 2 lety +18

    Aid is poor people in rich countries giving money to rich people in poor countries. Forbes Burnham is correct tourism creates a nation of waiters. Italy today created a nation of people that work in the hospitality industry, same as spain.

    • @Huntington446
      @Huntington446 Před 2 lety

      much better than suffering people

    • @joekolin3211
      @joekolin3211 Před 2 lety +3

      BURNHAM FUK..UP GUYANA TOOOK ALL THE MONEY AND STACH IN SWISS BANK FOR HIS KIDS.....AND GOT US GUYANESE EATING RICE MORNING NOON AND NIGHT ....SO WHATS GOOD ABOUT THAT...THANK GOD WE PLANT IT

    • @adampersaud4716
      @adampersaud4716 Před 2 lety +1

      @@joekolin3211 I'm sure I read something like that a few years ago about the money in Switzerland 🇨🇭..but yeah pretty much what I think 🤔 of former president Burnham a complete failure..

  • @keziflowers
    @keziflowers Před 6 měsíci +2

    John Compton, brilliant leader! St.Lucia has come a long way! History is simply amazing.

  • @chrisc1881
    @chrisc1881 Před 2 lety +14

    Thanks for sharing this piece of Caribbean history

    • @chrisc1881
      @chrisc1881 Před 2 lety +1

      Looking back at that interview with Forbes Burnham so many decades ago and listening to what he said then and looking at the world today. He was a very thoughtful and insightful leader.

    • @adampersaud4716
      @adampersaud4716 Před 2 lety

      @@chrisc1881 you're forgetting vindictiveness, greediness, dictatorship behavior & mentality & the list goes on..

    • @chrisc1881
      @chrisc1881 Před 2 lety

      @@adampersaud4716 I am not sure what you are referring to.

    • @adampersaud4716
      @adampersaud4716 Před 2 lety

      @@chrisc1881 I'm adding to yr list of glorifying former president Burnham..

    • @chrisc1881
      @chrisc1881 Před 2 lety

      @@adampersaud4716 every leader in Guyana had there strengths and weaknesses. From Forbes Burnham to the Jagans, Hoyte, Jagdeo, Granger.
      So you can analyze each one none of them were perfect but you give honor where it is due. I have been far removed from Guyana's racial politics if that is where you are going.

  • @sayyidabeed8229
    @sayyidabeed8229 Před 2 lety +25

    i am impressed with the vocabulary and sentence structure of the old timers. i believe them being around capable and knowledgeable "businessmen" aka slave masters had a undeniable effect in the knowledge transfer. nowadays, in our educational system, you'll find teachers who are teaching for the purpose of making a living and students are surrounded by low thinking ordinary people, yet we have the audacity to wish for a county lead by capable leaders. i believe, to be a leading nations with broad thinking leaders. its children should be thought by, well, leaders. leaders in academics, Medicine, economics, religious matters, etc. its simply the harsh reality.

    • @pauline5745
      @pauline5745 Před 2 lety +3

      Burnham went to Queens College and studied in England … and it also appear that from the accent of the other leaders they studied in England as well…

    • @wyndhleodumegwu253
      @wyndhleodumegwu253 Před 2 lety +1

      @@pauline5745 It's a question of resolve and application in the absence of physical contact with (British) Europeans.

    • @DesL488
      @DesL488 Před 2 lety

      Yeah thank God for the white man, otherwise they would still be living in Africa and speaking in their native languages!

    • @anthonymarkharris6192
      @anthonymarkharris6192 Před 2 lety

      Under PPPPPPC

  • @tommygibbs8247
    @tommygibbs8247 Před 2 lety +24

    Now the world and Guyanese see the knowledge and wisdom of LFSB. What a great man. When you take IMF and World Bank money it comes with strings attached. 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

    • @zochbuppet448
      @zochbuppet448 Před 2 lety +2

      The man was a dictator.
      5 years later he was behaving like a communist dictator, but the black power movement was at its height so everyone just ignored his Stalin behaviour

    • @tommygibbs8247
      @tommygibbs8247 Před 2 lety +10

      @@zochbuppet448
      Maybe he knew that Bahratt and Ali would be coming after so he wanted to be first. You can attach whatever you want to his name but those that are blinded by racism will not give him his respect he rightfully deserve.

    • @iriereggaevibes1553
      @iriereggaevibes1553 Před 2 lety +4

      Guyana will be debt TILL THE end OF THE WORLD

    • @zochbuppet448
      @zochbuppet448 Před 2 lety +1

      @@tommygibbs8247
      Thank you for exposing yourself as the racist, with your one track mind.
      Someone says something about your hero, then you automatically jump to the elected people who are of another race
      Calling people what they were and what they practiced, is not racism.
      The most racist people are the people who continue to think that flawed leaders are great, just because they look like you, or are a certain race
      There are lots of black people around if you are looking for a hero.
      You can start with Walter Rodney, a black professor that was assassinated by your hero LFSB....because he was working to bring people together and had started a party that would get votes all racial groups of people
      Just because a person was educated and spoke well that doesn't automatically make them great.
      Actions speak louder than words.
      The man turned the country to a communist country, and bankrupted it within 15 years.
      Why would anyone be proud of, and respect someone that rigged elections for 15 years and behaved like a communist dictator.
      The wrong and strong that's who.

    • @tommygibbs8247
      @tommygibbs8247 Před 2 lety +9

      @@zochbuppet448
      Your leaders rigged elections and your party leaders past and present are a bunch or racist just like you. Don’t run from the facts of how LFSB was a scholar and visionary leader. Because of outside influences then and now the Guyanese people are suffering and will continue to suffer and live in such a wealthy country. If anybody want Guyana resources then most or 50% should be for the people of Guyana. You rather Ali and Jagdeo full their pockets and some of them Indian cronies. Your original party leader though well to be racist with Apann Jatt and anything you and others can find to hate Burnham you all will use it even if it benefits you and the nation. Blinded by racism. Burnham wasn’t a communist but Cheddi was. Burnham was a Democrat/Socialist.

  • @charliejoseph7963
    @charliejoseph7963 Před 2 lety +6

    It was never about bruised bananas the skins of bananas bruises does not affect the fruit inside.. It was a way to keep us all poor by rejecting our bananas creating more hardships on farmers. Oh and not too long from now we will be told that the entire banana tree is most useful never mind its bruised or damaged.. and now farmers are realising that banana plants can make so many other products....

  • @rayjil7435
    @rayjil7435 Před 2 lety +20

    A prominent Economics professor strongly advocated giving every Guyanese $5,000 USD per year to have a great time with the newfound oil money without contributing to the GDP, the growth of the country, while a more thoughtful alternative to development as is being done now is to lay the foundation of infrastructure, in roads, bridges, irrigation to generate great wealth in the future as is being done now with profound insight. Good management of wealth is the key to growth.

  • @collinheadley3727
    @collinheadley3727 Před rokem +2

    Burnham grown my skin this man was very bright simple

  • @miel1074
    @miel1074 Před rokem +3

    The people of St Lucia earn 15 times less than America!
    The absolute and complete utter ignorance of the narrator is absolutely astounding. So astounding, that I was actually 😳 stunned for a moment!!
    How, in God’s name, can the narrator expect a country the size of a postage stamp, to compete with the GDP of a country which spans an entire CONTINENT!!??? The United States has minerals, oil, a HUGE agriculture and industrial economy, with a relatively large population!! They grow bananas: the United States has sent a man to the moon!!!

  • @paulsmith5018
    @paulsmith5018 Před 2 lety +3

    It would appear that banana production is still poor in St Lucia, the international cooperation and development fund website states that the banana production is 12.5 tons/hectare as opposed to the international standard of 25 tons/hectare.

  • @lizabetx483
    @lizabetx483 Před 2 lety +9

    God made one earth but man divided it into first world and third world. Utter nonsense.

    • @docteryates8077
      @docteryates8077 Před 2 lety

      And when it comes to Labelling Europeans and the USA involvement in their Wars, they do not call it World War One, Two and Three. It is always World War One. Yet, all other Countries never participated in their European Barbaric Wars.

  • @LucianScorpio
    @LucianScorpio Před 2 lety +9

    A very pertinent question, in 2022: In practical terms, how have their (Saint Lucians') lives improved? ...

    • @LETHALCAMARO44
      @LETHALCAMARO44 Před 2 lety +6

      As a St.Lucian , yes our lives have far more improved. We are far more developed

    • @iriereggaevibes1553
      @iriereggaevibes1553 Před 2 lety +1

      No

    • @docteryates8077
      @docteryates8077 Před 2 lety +3

      They often reelecting Colonial Democratic, promising politicians who promote Colonial Tourism

  • @dudleyhoward1799
    @dudleyhoward1799 Před 2 lety +5

    So far there has not been another politician in Guyana with the intellect and foresight of Linden Forbes Samson Barnum even with his faults he is still the greatest leader Guyana has ever had

  • @MileeSimmon-db8ub
    @MileeSimmon-db8ub Před 7 měsíci +1

    We should still take heed do more. He clearly learned from others mistake and urge people to grow more

  • @raymondali7922
    @raymondali7922 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Burnham talk the talk, but did not walk the walk. This man singly handly destroyed Guyana.

    • @robiny9457
      @robiny9457 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Yes. We all left because of him.

  • @meekclick
    @meekclick Před 2 lety +11

    This is my first time hearing the legend LFS Burnham speak and I afto say that he is well educated and especially spoken btw I am 23 so I am boomer

    • @adampersaud4716
      @adampersaud4716 Před 2 lety

      Meek Click legend really..keep digging ..

    • @meekclick
      @meekclick Před 2 lety +1

      @@adampersaud4716 at least his mindset is very much wat we need today and wat he was expressing is generally wat need to practice, dunno but that interview speech was really really good

    • @adampersaud4716
      @adampersaud4716 Před 2 lety +1

      @@meekclick glad to know he's yr hero ...

    • @meekclick
      @meekclick Před 2 lety

      @@adampersaud4716 glad to know uk he is my hero

    • @robiny9457
      @robiny9457 Před 4 měsíci

      The man killed Guyana.

  • @askme6987
    @askme6987 Před 2 lety +7

    I am a second generation Guyanese and I am proud to be call one. Guyana give my grandmother an opportunity to migrated to Guyana in the 1940s. My mother is first Generation Guyanese but I was raised with both culture which I am proud of.

    • @docteryates8077
      @docteryates8077 Před 2 lety +2

      The singularity of Guyanese is Guyanist of which most Guyanese were not taught or told.

  • @Rman775
    @Rman775 Před 2 lety +5

    The eloquence of the TT medical students was impeccable. Although it was alluded too in the video TT was experiencing an economic and developmental boom during this period which led to an explosion of the educated class. A good example of this developmental boom that was mentioned in the video was the clearing of the slum area and relocation of its residents to government housing. My own family rose out of poverty during this period.

    • @juanestadian8471
      @juanestadian8471 Před 2 lety

      That is when we had respect for persons who could read, write, spell and express themselves properly. We have more educated people now but the standards are gone.

    • @juanestadian8471
      @juanestadian8471 Před 2 lety

      Also, this was before the oil boom. The oil boom was caused by the the Arab countries proclaiming an embargo on all the countries that supported Israel during the Yom Kippur war. That was in 1973.

    • @juanestadian8471
      @juanestadian8471 Před 2 lety +1

      the lecturer is Dr Courtney Bartholomew by the way

    • @Rman775
      @Rman775 Před 2 lety

      @@juanestadian8471 Is this really Dr. Bartholomew? wow I did not recognize him. This video was from the year 1975 if I heard correctly which would mean this was at the beginning of the oil boom period and the start of the large scale developmental push. Even the announcer says that TT 'is rich enough to do without foreign aid'

    • @juanestadian8471
      @juanestadian8471 Před 2 lety

      @@Rman775 or well Thames made a typo in the description. i didn't recognize him initially, then i heard the voice......voice is unmistakable

  • @brianmarshall4753
    @brianmarshall4753 Před 2 lety +1

    The footage of ITV longest running current affairs programme this week on the Thursday night

  • @NaNa-er4sw
    @NaNa-er4sw Před 2 lety +1

    Quit interesting,👌🏾

  • @dudleyhoward1799
    @dudleyhoward1799 Před 2 lety +1

    I wish Guyana had political leadership with intellect humility and the interest of Guyana and Guyanese like we had in the past instead of what we are experiencing now I guess Doctor Jagon and QC Linden Burnham is turning in they’re graves those guys were intellectual leaders

    • @robiny9457
      @robiny9457 Před 4 měsíci

      Burnham banned everything, and destroyed the country. We left because he was a rass.

  • @nevertrustsonofman.kingjam5233

    REPARATIONS AS AID MONEY 💰.

  • @kcism3239
    @kcism3239 Před 2 lety +2

    Wow, virtually no middle class. What is wrong with this picture in the 70's? What are significantly different today from then? If I didn't see this I would never believed it.

  • @shampersaud2763
    @shampersaud2763 Před 2 lety +2

    I love this video .Interesting documentaries and video contents..I don't hate any Politicans in Guyana, what I dislike is when they failed the people and are divided ,and mismanaging the public funds to their whims and fancies while neglecting the nation.I do not like unprincipled and dishonest , greedy ,selfish leaders.....

    • @godfreywilliams1635
      @godfreywilliams1635 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes me to Mr Burnham was not the person politictision claim him to be ,he had a vision for Guyana we had government 🏭 farming cotton and so much more bicycle fridge assembling a 🚙 call Tapir but persons didn't want to work with his policies

  • @mahoganyboykins878
    @mahoganyboykins878 Před 7 měsíci

    It's Painful to see Guyana a Place with a rich history have people that are struggling with poverty. I hope that Guyana Continues it's legacy by helping the poor with Education, Employment, housing. And by developing different projects that will bring in the funding into Guyana. I Appreciate you listening to me.

  • @79devo
    @79devo Před 2 lety +3

    Released on St Lucia Independence Day

  • @guymarco2340
    @guymarco2340 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Intelligent answers

  • @001tgc
    @001tgc Před 2 lety +11

    The way this commentator speaks you would think these peoples conditions were a choice and has nothing to do with the scourge and inhumanity of European barbaric enslavement.

  • @jasonsmithy4247
    @jasonsmithy4247 Před 2 lety +13

    As a Guyanese, I am proud of where we as a country have gone

    • @Danny_6ixx
      @Danny_6ixx Před 2 lety +4

      Same 🇬🇾🇬🇾🙏

    • @maarifawalcott5145
      @maarifawalcott5145 Před 2 lety +4

      Yes, me too; and still we continue to need more development not only as a nation: infrastructure and the like, but as the individuals which constitute the nation. We continue to strive for our best selves.

    • @iriereggaevibes1553
      @iriereggaevibes1553 Před 2 lety +3

      Where??

    • @zochbuppet448
      @zochbuppet448 Před 2 lety +1

      Where have you gone in 50 years? Not much as changed in 50 years

    • @joedias7946
      @joedias7946 Před 2 lety

      @@zochbuppet448 whose is to
      Blame?

  • @TechNick50
    @TechNick50 Před 2 lety +1

    Is that John Compton the late at Lucian prime minister?

    • @celestialnavigator3116
      @celestialnavigator3116 Před 2 lety +1

      @Tech Nick. Yes, that is John Compton. This was about 1970. Some of the footage though, is from the 1960s.

    • @docteryates8077
      @docteryates8077 Před 2 lety

      If so, who was his speech writer, or English teacher. How terrible he sounded.

  • @nymack66
    @nymack66 Před 2 lety +3

    A man ahead of his time, today the clowns running the country should take note.

    • @docteryates8077
      @docteryates8077 Před 2 lety +2

      Don't stop there. So should all the Colonial Democratic opposition political parties, It was the APNU Leader and President of Guyana Granger who said he is no Burnham of the past.

    • @robiny9457
      @robiny9457 Před 4 měsíci

      The rass ruined Guyana, made everybody leave. We would still be there if not for Burnham.

  • @desmondburnett9286
    @desmondburnett9286 Před 2 lety +3

    and the English crown want to visit the islands today like it was 50 years ago. protest their visit
    repatriation.

  • @user-xu9ib9cd6d
    @user-xu9ib9cd6d Před 3 měsíci

    Times have changed. Tourism is the main income and foreign exchange earner
    Taiwan assists the island tremendously in areas of finance

  • @joyfra3549
    @joyfra3549 Před 17 dny

    A brilliant mind; he was way a head of his time.

  • @trickydicky90
    @trickydicky90 Před 2 měsíci

    I like how Burnham says in the same sentence how Guyana has poor waters for tourism but then goes on to say how he doesn't want a land of waiters. But you just said you don't have that choice anyway. At least he had the decency to say the British provided aid under much better terms than the other countries, not sure what the current PM thinks of Britian 🤔

  • @craigfrancis9578
    @craigfrancis9578 Před měsícem

    Wow

  • @anthemmakersmusic
    @anthemmakersmusic Před 2 lety

    Little dude at the left looked like me @3:46

  • @puirYorick
    @puirYorick Před 2 lety +3

    Well, this was an interesting time capsule of imperialism just in time to endure a more contemporary round of the same mistakes being made perhaps.

  • @samuelwilliams8099
    @samuelwilliams8099 Před 2 lety +5

    Una tell me why black man have suffered so much in the past and are still suffering today?

    • @aranielleb7718
      @aranielleb7718 Před 2 lety +1

      Because you all follow the white man

    • @captainamerica5945
      @captainamerica5945 Před 2 lety

      Lazy can't think for him self

    • @azizayasharael8959
      @azizayasharael8959 Před 2 lety +3

      @@captainamerica5945 it's not because the so-called black man is lazy, if you study history Black people built this world from free labour (slavery) and was not paid a cent even up to today our suffering is beyond the physical we need to return to our true heritage in order to rise

    • @anthonymedford4214
      @anthonymedford4214 Před 2 lety +1

      Suffering due to racist thiefing leaders like burnham, eric williams, keith rowley etc.

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Před 2 lety

      @@anthonymedford4214 Guyana have a another Kabacka in the waiting,who is one of the mot raceist man in Guyana, God help Guyana if that devil comes to power, Guyana will be like Haiti

  • @regplasma7906
    @regplasma7906 Před 2 lety +3

    3.26 The guy on the left with his best 'death stare' .

    • @jasonayres
      @jasonayres Před 2 lety +3

      What about the poor old bloke at 26:20.
      He was only trying to get out of the cameraman's way, and when the camera was (too) close on him, he looked like he didn't quite understand what was going on, so he kept moving, and the camera kept following him, so he kept moving...

  • @ahmadnoor2414
    @ahmadnoor2414 Před 2 lety +16

    Burnham is correct tourism crates a nation of waiters. Barbados open up the country to tourism in the middle of pandemic risking its citizens lives because they depend on tourism for their livelihood. The pandemic gave the leaders a chance to diversity the economy but they were clueless about how to go about doing that. So they return to be nation of waiters.

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Před 2 lety +3

      better a nation of waiters, than a nation of hungry and unemployed people

    • @adampersaud4716
      @adampersaud4716 Před 2 lety +2

      Guyana 🇬🇾 cannot compare itself with Barbados with development...

    • @docteryates8077
      @docteryates8077 Před 2 lety

      And Graspmatyx was first introduced to Barbados before Guyana. And why they never introduced it to the teachers, students, parents and other adults?

    • @jermaincummings2679
      @jermaincummings2679 Před 2 lety +2

      That is not a fair comment my brother.If you're not a country bless with natural resources. What are people in Barbados to do to make a living bro.We need to be respectful and practical in these matters. Burnham said so because he had natural resources to rely on.

    • @adampersaud4716
      @adampersaud4716 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jermaincummings2679 with all the resources Guyana 🇬🇾 have how develop is the country?? .. no person in their right mind can say former president Burnham did well for guyana ...fair comment by the way...

  • @rodneiltheodore1347
    @rodneiltheodore1347 Před 2 lety +13

    Britain needs to pay reparations and Repatriate the children of the former slaves

    • @lonalxaia
      @lonalxaia Před 2 lety +4

      St Lucia was French and British.

    • @Poshgardenherbs
      @Poshgardenherbs Před 2 lety

      …And all the other Caribbean islands that have been exploited too.

    • @rrsp60
      @rrsp60 Před 2 lety

      @@lonalxaia In that case, you get double reparation cheques.😊

    • @lonalxaia
      @lonalxaia Před 2 lety +1

      @@rrsp60 triple. Africa for showing Europeans and Arabs where the next tribe was hiding. I remember going to University and Nigerians laughing about and they are very matter of fact.
      It because of African and Caribbean rivalry.

    • @docteryates8077
      @docteryates8077 Před 2 lety +1

      Really? Not according to the so-called White Christian xenophobic doctrine or teachings in Genesis chapter 3, especially verse 13 - 15.

  • @VishnuRamdin-xe7yd
    @VishnuRamdin-xe7yd Před 7 měsíci

    I think burnham eas still a cool guy i saw lata mageskar during his era.lots of bollywood singers came to guyana during his era even indira Gandhi and edi amin

    • @Mark-vs6he
      @Mark-vs6he Před 6 měsíci

      Idi Amin never visited Guyana

  • @jeanwilliams447
    @jeanwilliams447 Před 2 lety +5

    Best President in Guyana 🇬🇾 none other could take is place,but we as fools didn’t understand the evil demons set us up to believe that our President was not right, and we turned against him, and he turns away from us too?that was the end of Guyanese people.

    • @robiny9457
      @robiny9457 Před 4 měsíci

      The man ruined the country. Why you think everybody left Guyana?

  • @user-qk3hb6yj9i
    @user-qk3hb6yj9i Před 4 měsíci

    Guyana hast to watch India and Africa the two continents, the subcontinent and the supercontinent these two continents they work together and establishing a seat in the UN and now we’re at this .2 thousand 24 where India will be back in up the African nation and vice versa but in Guyana situation these people went through pure hell

  • @jimyardon5262
    @jimyardon5262 Před rokem +1

    Guyana is all Indigenous people L A N D

  • @IHBERWIUHBDSAJ
    @IHBERWIUHBDSAJ Před 2 lety

    8:25

  • @anthemmakersmusic
    @anthemmakersmusic Před 2 lety

    Hibero be wise in this millennium!

  • @aranielleb7718
    @aranielleb7718 Před 2 lety +1

    Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹

  • @amazonwarrior7126
    @amazonwarrior7126 Před 2 lety +5

    what the point of this documentry? Guyana does not need aid now, plus we have oil,and we started to use oil money now in 2022

    • @NaNa-er4sw
      @NaNa-er4sw Před 2 lety +11

      It’s like asking what’s the point on history, learn and grow , please😟

    • @azizayasharael8959
      @azizayasharael8959 Před 2 lety +5

      We have oil money , correction the government got oil money the poor class got nothing

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Před 2 lety +1

      @@azizayasharael8959 well AZIZA the gov just dont give handouts to people,but they build houses and get them jobs,which is happening now,

    • @peacemaker8352
      @peacemaker8352 Před 2 lety +2

      Guyana had to take aid to develop the oil sector.This goes way deeper than u can imagine.It is how the west stays in control of the global south.It is a form of empire building.

    • @amazonwarrior7126
      @amazonwarrior7126 Před 2 lety

      @@peacemaker8352 ​ @peacemaker no one world system is not in control they have lost control for a few years,trump is coming back, Biden has cheated to get in as all know. what I am tellig you you can not know, Guyana did not
      borrow a single cent to develope the oil industry,its exxon mobile who did. Guyana is not a very indebted country. This video is 50 years ago

  • @travisr82
    @travisr82 Před 2 měsíci

    Sold out to China now

  • @PaulineGonzo
    @PaulineGonzo Před měsícem

    Guyana is for the rich

  • @fasthracing
    @fasthracing Před 2 lety +7

    So get Independence from the UK then rely on UK aid to survive.

    • @imranhussainsaleh3132
      @imranhussainsaleh3132 Před 2 lety +8

      Sorry Bro but it's more complicated then that as you can see from the video, aid doesn't just mean aid there's more sides to this as the video is portraying.

    • @Nottsboy24
      @Nottsboy24 Před 2 lety +9

      Fast H Racing.....this is a documentary from the early sixties and was not an independent country at that time. St Lucia is now independent and standing on their own feet now with tourism and exports. St Lucia is a Commonwealth country just like other Caribbean Islands as well as Canada, Australia and New Zealand who helped defend Britain during WW1 & WW2 🎓👌

    • @JohnDoe-tx8lq
      @JohnDoe-tx8lq Před 2 lety +12

      You clearly didn't bother listening what was said in the video! Briton (& France, Germany etc etc) 'developed' colonies for its own benefit and profit, not to create independent countries. The power, management and technical skills where kept in British hands while locals had minimum pay, education and training - enough to do the labour but not enough to start thier own large businesses or industries. After 150 years of colonial rule and exploitation, it takes generations of education, training and investment to allow an area like St Lucia to have the infrastructure & skilled people to become self-supporting.

    • @imranhussainsaleh3132
      @imranhussainsaleh3132 Před 2 lety +4

      @@JohnDoe-tx8lq 💯

    • @fasthracing
      @fasthracing Před 2 lety +2

      @@JohnDoe-tx8lq I don't disagree with the points you make. But the facts remains............

  • @malikwazhere7586
    @malikwazhere7586 Před 2 lety +1

    This just looks like a monkey documentary are yall calling us monkeys????

  • @denisshivmangal3355
    @denisshivmangal3355 Před rokem +1

    This was a very cruel man

  • @rnjan9
    @rnjan9 Před rokem +2

    Burnham was a BRUTAL dictator in Guyana. Thank the good Lord that the Guyanese people were spared further suffering at that evil man's hands and mind.

    • @user-yz3vo9iu4q
      @user-yz3vo9iu4q Před rokem

      😂😂😂😂😢what?😢😮

    • @robiny9457
      @robiny9457 Před 4 měsíci

      Yes. He is the reason why we're not in Guyana anymore😢

  • @roxannemoore3659
    @roxannemoore3659 Před 2 lety +2

    Why Forbes mouth look like mash mouth when he talk but he was very good bcuz he wanted Guy to be self reliant

  • @andydasilva8786
    @andydasilva8786 Před 2 lety +1

    Devils 😈 Blanco

  • @nevertrustsonofman.kingjam5233

    NOW GUYANA 🇬🇾 IS RICH AND AMERICA IS POOR, EUROPE TOO.

    • @docteryates8077
      @docteryates8077 Před 2 lety +1

      What was the Rate of 1.00 U$D to The Guyana Dollar in 1966 to 1970? If Guyana is richer than the USA and Europe, what is the Guyana dollar rate to 1.00 U$D now? Do the Graspmatyx.

    • @nevertrustsonofman.kingjam5233
      @nevertrustsonofman.kingjam5233 Před 2 lety +1

      @@docteryates8077 why do countries keep their dollar 💵 low 🤔

    • @docteryates8077
      @docteryates8077 Před 2 lety +1

      @@nevertrustsonofman.kingjam5233The appropriate question should be, who regulates the World Currency, First Word, Second World or Third World?
      Why do Countries accept the discriminating identity as "Third World"?

    • @nevertrustsonofman.kingjam5233
      @nevertrustsonofman.kingjam5233 Před 2 lety +2

      @@docteryates8077 END POINT 👉 👈 KARMA FOR THEIR SINS.

  • @briandeen5845
    @briandeen5845 Před rokem +1

    Pnc bringing up de kabaka will not make u win the local government election u lossers