President Ali on CNN

Oct 25, 2026 Editorial, News

(Kaieteur News) – Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali should know better by now. He should stay away from media entities like CNN. CNN is not NCN, it asks the hard questions, the kind that puts leaders on a spot. The questions that have meaning for citizens are where does Guyana stand in U.S. schemes? How much control the U.S. government has over the Guyana Government? How does that influence Guyana’s positions, especially as they relate to the oil and gas sector? And where does that leave Guyana, now loaded with wealth?

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To his credit, President Ali did not go down quickly. He tried his usual moves, but found that his answers left him more exposed than protected. To his disfavour, he did not look too good with the answers that he shared in response to CNN’s Jim Sciutto’s questions.