GUYANA: The Poorest Country That Became the Richest in 10 Years | 4K Travel Documentary

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For four centuries, Europeans tore through these rivers searching for El Dorado, a golden city that never existed. They found nothing. Then, in 2015, a drillship working far offshore struck oil beneath the seabed, and the poorest country in South America suddenly held one of the largest petroleum discoveries of the century. Guyana is a place of staggering contrasts. More than eighty percent of it is untouched rainforest, home to giant otters, harpy eagles, jaguars, and one of the tallest single drop waterfalls on Earth. Fewer than a million people live here, in the narrow band between the jungle and the sea.

In this documentary, discover how a nation overlooked for four hundred years became the fastest growing economy on the planet, and what that transformation means for the people and the forests of Guyana.

*???? BROWSE THE GUYANA COLLECTION*
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*????️ TOURS AND EXPERIENCES IN GUYANA*
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*???? PLAN YOUR GUYANA TRIP*
- Guyana (Bradt Travel Guide), the only dedicated guidebook to the country → https://amzn.to/4vezPb7
- Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, a Guyanese linguist's record of the region's English → https://amzn.to/3QPVZ4F

*???? GO DEEPER INTO GUYANA*
- A History of the Guyanese Working People by Walter Rodney, the landmark account of the country after emancipation → [https://amzn.to/4eo035n
- The Ventriloquist's Tale by Pauline Melville, the Whitbread winning novel set in Guyana's Rupununi savanna → https://amzn.to/4xzVlc8

*???? BRING GUYANA HOME*
- Tastes Like Home by Cynthia Nelson, a Guyanese cook's collection of pepperpot, roti, and Caribbean classics → https://amzn.to/4eMmW2e
- India Tree Demerara Sugar, the large grained cane sugar that takes its name from Guyana's Demerara coast → https://amzn.to/4fQURIa

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