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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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
@@imransaleh96 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
@@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..
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
"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
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..
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 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.
@@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
@@Adampersaud29, 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.
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.
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.
@@Adampersaud29 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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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
@@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..
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. 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾
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
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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.....
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
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.
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.
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 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'
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....
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
YESSSSSSS when I listen to the ones in office today I be like 😑😩🤦🏾♀️ They can’t even speak properly much less know how to hold intellectual conversations. Burnham was a class act in his own lane.
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.
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.
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!!!
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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 🤔
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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...
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
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.
@@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 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
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...
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
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.
@@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
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
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.
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 🎓👌
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.
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.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"?
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.
AN IT WILL BE ANOTHER 50 YRS TO GO..
Go to st Lucia and do some thing about it,instead of critiziseing
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.
Prime Minister Burnham*
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.
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.
He was my internal medicine teacher.RIP
Wow, seriously wow. Really appreciate these informative old school vids didn't even know existed.
People of today, don't realise how good they have it, so this to a spoilt brat child of today 😒
@@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.
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
@@imransaleh96 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
Interesting documentary and history back then! St Lucia is now well developed and a tourist location as like the other Caribbeans Islands 👌
Same for Guyana
@@mariothelegend430 do explain 🤔 how Guyana 🇬🇾 is developed??
@@Adampersaud29 oil was discovered in guyana
@@Adampersaud29 back then compared to now Guyana is far more developed
@@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..
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
Burnham was a sadist.Starved people to death.Monster and thief.
"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
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..
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.
Mam, look at their clothing.. which time period you expect this to be??
@@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.
It was in the 1970s because they referred to Guyana bauxite company which was recently nationalized and that was 1971
Cause they stole all the $$$
@@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
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.
It's 1 thing to be a visionary it's another to implement .. former president Burnham was a failure to the guyanese people..
@@Adampersaud29 Of course he was a big-time failure. Blind allegiance to such political figures is troubling.
@@Adampersaud29 Agree:To date, all the past, present, unpatriotic, selfish, corrupt, ethnocentric "leaders" were/are.
He was way ahead of his time.
@@Adampersaud29, 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.
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.
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…
@@pauline5745 It's a question of resolve and application in the absence of physical contact with (British) Europeans.
Yeah thank God for the white man, otherwise they would still be living in Africa and speaking in their native languages!
Under PPPPPPC
John Compton, brilliant leader! St.Lucia has come a long way! History is simply amazing.
Thanks for sharing this piece of Caribbean history
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.
@@chrisc1881 you're forgetting vindictiveness, greediness, dictatorship behavior & mentality & the list goes on..
@@Adampersaud29 I am not sure what you are referring to.
@@chrisc1881 I'm adding to yr list of glorifying former president Burnham..
@@Adampersaud29 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.
We should still take heed do more. He clearly learned from others mistake and urge people to grow more
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.
I WISH 🤞 HE IS STILL ALIVE 😔 TO SEE 👀 GUYANA 🇬🇾 .
Are you Guyanese?
@@mariothelegend430 GOOD QUESTION 👍.
THE GUYANA GOVERNMENT IS NOT WORKING FOR THE PPL BUT FOR THEMSELVES..THE WHOLE CARIBBEAN IS LIKE THAT.
@@iriereggaevibes1553 UNTIL THE MAN COMES 👨 🙌, I LIVE BY FAITH NO SIGHT, 🙏 HAVE A BLESSED DAY.
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.
IT was also the Economic Sanctions that the US placed on the country...but I do agree with the loan default
Debt?😈👿👿
Disfortunately, most Guyanese politicians and business sectors are students of What to think Colonially, not HOW to THINK by Graspmatyx.
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.
@@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.
Whatever you may think of Burnham, his oratory was first class
I agree, full of charm, sadly a good talker and a poor doer.
@@karanpersaud1😂😂😂😂😂😂 are any politicians doer??
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
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.
much better than suffering people
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
@@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..
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. 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾
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
@@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.
Guyana will be debt TILL THE end OF THE WORLD
@@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.
@@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.
A very pertinent question, in 2022: In practical terms, how have their (Saint Lucians') lives improved? ...
As a St.Lucian , yes our lives have far more improved. We are far more developed
No
They often reelecting Colonial Democratic, promising politicians who promote Colonial Tourism
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.
Intelligent answers
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.....
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
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.
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.
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.
the lecturer is Dr Courtney Bartholomew by the way
@@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'
@@Rman775 or well Thames made a typo in the description. i didn't recognize him initially, then i heard the voice......voice is unmistakable
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....
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
Burnham banned everything, and destroyed the country. We left because he was a rass.
YESSSSSSS when I listen to the ones in office today I be like 😑😩🤦🏾♀️ They can’t even speak properly much less know how to hold intellectual conversations. Burnham was a class act in his own lane.
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.
The singularity of Guyanese is Guyanist of which most Guyanese were not taught or told.
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.
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!!!
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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.
As a Guyanese, I am proud of where we as a country have gone
Same 🇬🇾🇬🇾🙏
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.
Where??
Where have you gone in 50 years? Not much as changed in 50 years
@@zochbuppet448 whose is to
Blame?
Britain needs to pay reparations and Repatriate the children of the former slaves
St Lucia was French and British.
…And all the other Caribbean islands that have been exploited too.
@@lonalxaia In that case, you get double reparation cheques.😊
@@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.
Really? Not according to the so-called White Christian xenophobic doctrine or teachings in Genesis chapter 3, especially verse 13 - 15.
God made one earth but man divided it into first world and third world. Utter nonsense.
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.
REPARATIONS AS AID MONEY 💰.
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 🤔
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.
The man ruined the country. Why you think everybody left Guyana?
A man ahead of his time, today the clowns running the country should take note.
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.
The rass ruined Guyana, made everybody leave. We would still be there if not for Burnham.
The footage of ITV longest running current affairs programme this week on the Thursday night
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.
better a nation of waiters, than a nation of hungry and unemployed people
Guyana 🇬🇾 cannot compare itself with Barbados with development...
And Graspmatyx was first introduced to Barbados before Guyana. And why they never introduced it to the teachers, students, parents and other adults?
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.
@@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...
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
How patronizing especially coming from the mouth of the perpetrators of this poverty.
Released on St Lucia Independence Day
Burnham talk the talk, but did not walk the walk. This man singly handly destroyed Guyana.
Yes. We all left because of him.
@@robiny9457 While the majority stayed. Now what are the odds of that! 🥴🥴🥴🥴
@@malikabryan329 I would hazard a guess that the majority didn't have the means to leave.
Garbage you talking, Bharat destroy Guyana by selling off the country wealth to stay in power. Worse than Burnham.
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.
Is that John Compton the late at Lucian prime minister?
@Tech Nick. Yes, that is John Compton. This was about 1970. Some of the footage though, is from the 1960s.
If so, who was his speech writer, or English teacher. How terrible he sounded.
Quit interesting,👌🏾
Times have changed. Tourism is the main income and foreign exchange earner
Taiwan assists the island tremendously in areas of finance
Burnham grown my skin this man was very bright simple
He was a racist son of a pitch.
and the English crown want to visit the islands today like it was 50 years ago. protest their visit
repatriation.
A brilliant mind; he was way a head of his time.
Una tell me why black man have suffered so much in the past and are still suffering today?
Because you all follow the white man
Lazy can't think for him self
@@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
Suffering due to racist thiefing leaders like burnham, eric williams, keith rowley etc.
@@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
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.
Hahah I like that.
3.26 The guy on the left with his best 'death stare' .
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...
Guyana is all Indigenous people L A N D
Wow
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
Idi Amin never visited Guyana
Guyana is for the rich
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
It’s like asking what’s the point on history, learn and grow , please😟
We have oil money , correction the government got oil money the poor class got nothing
@@azizayasharael8959 well AZIZA the gov just dont give handouts to people,but they build houses and get them jobs,which is happening now,
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.
@@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
Little dude at the left looked like me @3:46
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
Sayyidabeed.After a full stop.The next word first letter is a capital!
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.
😂😂😂😂😢what?😢😮
Yes. He is the reason why we're not in Guyana anymore😢
@@robiny9457like how many hundred are leaving from 92 and continue
So get Independence from the UK then rely on UK aid to survive.
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.
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 🎓👌
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.
@@JohnDoe-tx8lq 💯
@@JohnDoe-tx8lq I don't disagree with the points you make. But the facts remains............
8:25
GermanAnthony-Burnham!
Hibero be wise in this millennium!
This was a very cruel man
Burnham, yes.
Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
Yea i dont tink a dictator would want spies i mean tourist in the country 😂
So what changes now, Guyana ain't no tourist destination
Why Forbes mouth look like mash mouth when he talk but he was very good bcuz he wanted Guy to be self reliant
Sold out to China now
NOW GUYANA 🇬🇾 IS RICH AND AMERICA IS POOR, EUROPE TOO.
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.
@@docteryates8077 why do countries keep their dollar 💵 low 🤔
@@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"?
@@docteryates8077 END POINT 👉 👈 KARMA FOR THEIR SINS.
Devils 😈 Blanco
This just looks like a monkey documentary are yall calling us monkeys????
Pnc bringing up de kabaka will not make u win the local government election u lossers