Guyana is the only country in mainland south america to have english as the official language Countries with international borders to guyana are brazil, suriname, and venezuela, and it shares maritime borders with trinidad and tobago and barbados. Guyana is part of the commonwealth caribbean.
Since guyana gained its independence in 1966, the country’s chief economic assets have been its natural resources, mainly its pristine rainforests, sugarcane plantations, rice fields, and bauxite and gold reserves. Guyana is situated in central north of the south american continent with a coastline at the north atlantic ocean Guyana lies on the northern coast of south america
Guyana’s national motto, “one people, one nation, one destiny,” reflects its remarkable diversity Its proximity to venezuela, the caribbean, and latin america
