An Op-Ed by Calvin G. Brown

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica February 11, 2026 - I must confess, I was somewhat taken aback by the revelations contained in veteran trade unionist Lincoln Lewis’s recent article entitled “Three Decades of PPP Governance, Oil Wealth Fails to End Poverty.” Not because the substance was unfamiliar—those of us who watch Caribbean affairs closely have long suspected the gap between Georgetown’s glittering press releases and ground-level reality. What struck me was the unvarnished clarity with which Lewis laid bare the contradiction at the heart of Guyana’s so-called economic miracle.