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UPDATED: 05 Jun 2009 GMT
  • Medical equipment donated to government ministry

    On Thursday, October 29, Chargé d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy, Karen Williams presented the Ministry of Health with a donation of medical supplies, valued at more than US$50,000. Minister within the Ministry of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, received the gifts, which included beds, thermometers and vacuum tubing.

  • Facilitators and participants pose for photo U.S. Human Rights, Humanitarian Law Seminar Ends

    At the invitation of the Office of Defense Cooperation, U.S. Embassy Guyana, the U.S. Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) presented a two-day seminar in Georgetown on September 28-29, 2009 for members of the Guyana Defence Force.

  • U.S. Embassy, Ministry of Home Affairs sign eTrace

    U.S. Ambassador to Guyana John M. Jones, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) representative David T. Johnson, and Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)...

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Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State

International Religious Freedom Report
Secretary Clinton (Oct. 26): "[W]e are convinced that the best antidote to intolerance is a combination of robust legal protections against discrimination and hate crimes, proactive government outreach to minority religious groups, and the vigorous defense of both freedom of religion and expression . . ."

Political Officer Richard Bakewell hands over Book donation

Embassy Makes Book Donations
U.S. Embassy Political Officer Richard Bakewell handed over a quantity of Scholastic Book sets to four schools in Linden – the McKenzie and Wismar Hill Primary and Linden Foundation and Wismar/Christianburg Secondary.

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Chargé d'Affaires visits Tropical Medicine Clinic
U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Karen Williams, accompanied by Military Liaison Officer, LTC Melba Hernandez, visited the Mahdia District Hospital where a medical team from the US Military Tropical Medicine Course was providing free medical services to resident of Mahdia and its surrounding areas.

Lethem residents benefit from free medical services
During the period July 16 to 20, the team from the US Embassy Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) made a second medical visit to Lethem, Region 9. They travelled to the outlying villages of Kumu, Moco Moco, Kasarabai and Nappi to conduct optometry outreaches.