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Guyana  

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  • Guyana has gone from a Dutch and then British colony to a nation that continues to seek political stability and economic growth through socialist policies that include national economic planning and nationalization of major business interests. General Information The Co-operative Republic of Guyana in northeastern South America has a land area of some 215,000 square kilometers and is bounded on the northeast by the Atlantic Ocean, the southeast by Suriname, the south by Brazil, and the northwest by Venezuela. [Source: Constitutions of the World; Guyana]

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