Talk:Guyana

Wildlife Section

Why is there a section "devoted" to a single type of bird, that's not even the same bird mentioned earlier in the article as the national bird? Ron Schnell 16:09, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

Boosterism

Yesterday, I made three edits to try to put related information together and to pare down some of the boosterism in the text, such as citation-less gushing about the prowess of the government in Economy, including the government-centric assertion that "While the adjustment to VAT has been difficult, it may improve day-to-day life because of the significant additional funds the government will have available for public spending." These edits were swept away without comment by @Mr. James Dimsey:, and restored by @BilCat:, whose talk page suggests that we react on article talk pages such as this.

Mr. Dimsey's edit seems to be the latest of many attempts to install a black-and-white collage showing the lowering of the Union Jack and hoisting of the flag of Guyana. BilCat commented via revert summary (14-Dec) that there is "not enough room in article". This is rectified by controlling the picture width, but BilCat made the earlier comment that the picture is not very good, a problem made worse if it were shrunk to fit. Mr. Dimsey stated (7-Dec) that "this picture is important because it documents the independence of Guyana." I don't agree that it is important; the independence of Guyana is not questioned. A small, full-color photo of the national flag flying over a government building would be much better. Tirelessly trying to plant the same photo into the article is edit-warring.

(I have no interest in Guyana beyond a small investment in the offshore oil exploration. I was checking this article for news on the no-confidence vote in Parliament when I saw it needed editing.) Spike-from-NH (talk) 15:16, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

Parliamentary with an executive president or presidential?

Presently this article says that Guyana is a presidential republic, but I have found two credible sources that suggest this may not be true, that is may in fact be a parliamentary system with an executive presidency, namely:

1. Allard, P (2016). "Government social advertising and ethno-politics in a small, ethnically diverse nation" (PDF). ResearchGate. p. 67. Retrieved 17 April 2019. Guyana is a parliamentary republic with an executive president

2. Section 106 of the constitution, subsection 6:

The Cabinet including the President shall resign if the Government is defeated by the vote of a majority of all the elected members of the National Assembly on a vote of confidence.

Parliamentary systems with an executive presidency are set up so that the president can be removed by a vote of no confidence, which is precisely what this arrangement sounds like. Although, I have read section 91 of the constitution and that makes it sound like the president is directly elected, which makes Guyana's system a hybrid of sorts between a parliamentary system with an executive presidency and a presidential system. Fuse809 (contribs · email · talk · uploads) 09:20, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

A question related to grammar

This represents an increase of 47.3% or annual growth of 3.5%.
Shouldn't it be "an annual growth"?--Adûnâi (talk) 20:24, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Graphical depiction of Guyana's product exports in 28 colour-coded categories

• 
  Should this media be used instead?
• 
  This is what is currently used

(Flagrant hysterical curious (talk) 23:30, 19 November 2019 (UTC))

Repetition in introduction

There is a lot of repetition in the introduction, particularly between the 1st and first paragrapgh, for example, about English being the official language and CARICOM. 194.28.124.53 (talk) 22:51, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Government system

The infobox says Guyana is a Unitary presidential constitutional socialist republic but under it, I see a president and prime minister. The section Government says the president is head of state and head of government. This doesn't really make sense. Guyana must be a parliamentary republic or semi presidential. Lugrasio (talk) 15:52, 15 July 2020 (UTC)