Dear Editor,

I’m a Chilean-Spanish journalist, and I write to you from Madrid. In 2006, my team and I were one of the first broadcast teams in Chile to get into Guyana to film a documentary about your country.

In that time, the bridge between Bonfim, Brazil, and Lethem was still under construction. We got to the Guyanese border by a little boat. We rode the 500 kms to Georgetown for many hours, crossing the beautiful Savannah and Amerindian villages. We discovered a new and dazzling land; full of beauty, landscapes and diversity, completely different to all Latin America.

Because that’s the (obvious) fact that the tyranny of the dictator Maduro seems to not understand. Guyana is not Latin, it is Caribbean, and thank the Lord it is. A proud Guyanese could never be Venezuelan, no matter the citizenship you offer. We all know, of course, the real reasons for your neighbour doing this unacceptable “referendum”.

He consumed all Venezuelan oil and resources and needs more. Would be a pity to see how a beautiful nation like Guyana is consumed in an evil Bolivarian experiment. Everybody knows how it will end.

I still can say, with humility, that I’m one of the Chilean journalists who knows the most about Guyana, even Suriname and French Guiana (where I’ve been to also). Three extraordinary but still unknown territories for almost all the southern continent.

I still remember the interview with the great businessman Yesu Pesaud (RIP), who was very interested in our trip and why, the press in a country as big as Chile was suddenly interested in Guyana.

I still remember his vehemence, love and conviction in the future of Guyana. He was complete right.

Guyana is one of my favourite countries in the world (I have been in many) and I can’t wait to go back.

This is a battle that the tyrant cannot win. You have our support, the support of most countries in South America, the support of the European Union, United States, UK and many others.

Your sincerely,
Bruno Ebner,
Journalist