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Jun 29, 2014 Letters
Dear Editor,
It is with much delight that I learnt in your newspaper that President Donald Ramotar has agreed to lend support to the US in establishing a local Drug Enforcement Agency office (DEA) in Guyana.
It is a fact that small states like ours depend on the more developed countries for assistance, not only in fighting crime, but in sourcing critical financing for our programs. Our resources are limited.
With our wide open borders, the problem with illegal drugs entering our country, acknowledged as a trans-shipment point, has long been known.
Intelligence gathering and other resources are areas that Guyana has been fighting to build capacity.
Myself and family, and I know of countless others, have been subjected to humiliating strip searches at airports because of the wrong perceptions and suspicions about Guyanese.
A DEA office will go a long way in improving our society. The fact that the President has seen it fit to endorse such a unit is also testimony of his commitment to transmit a cleaner image of Guyana to the world.
Again, I congratulate the President and the US in this latest collaboration in the right direction.
Cobeer Persaud
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