Guyana's nascent oil industry continues to await the outcome of controversial parliamentary elections held on 2 March, amid protests and allegations of fraud. Attention is focused on apparent irregularities in the count for region 4 around the capital, Georgetown, where one person has been killed in clashes be- tween protesters and security forces. Election observers from the Atlanta-based Carter Center say “the tabulation process that had been taking place in region 4 was circumvented”, resulting in a regional tally that is “not credible”.
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