Guyana is known as the land of many waters. It is also called the co-operative republic of Guyana. It is situated on the northern coast of the South America. The language widely spoken by the people living here in Guyana is English.
Guyanese led their lives as slaves. They were slaves in the hands of the Spanish people, later in the hands of French people and then the British. Spain, Dutch, the British ruled over Guyana for a number of years. After so many years of struggle, Guyanese sought independence and finally established republic form of government. On May 26, 1966 Guyana sought independence from their last oppressors (the British), and after some four years, Guyanese, they formed a republic form of government and this is the reason why it is called Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
Right after gaining independence, it took something around four years for Guyana to elect its first president. And, Forbes Burnham was elected as the president, and he led his country until his death in 1985. Desmond Hoyte, who was chosen after him, was as impressive in manner of dealing as Burnham. Later in 1922, Jagan returned to power because of the internationally supervised election.
After a gap of so many years again in the December of 1997 elections were held and Janet Jagan won a second mandate. But owing to some health problem, Janet Jagan, on August 8, 1999, announced that she would like to call it a day. She handed the presidency to Finance Minister Bharat Jagdeo.