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Natricia Duncan and Neil Marks in Georgetown

Guyana’s Irfaan Ali looks to ride oil boom to second presidential term

Men wearing red shirts show support to the president at an election rally.
President Irfaan Ali greets supporters during a campaign rally as he looks likely to secure a second term. Photograph: Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP via Getty Images

Jubilation was in the air as thousands of horn-tooting, flag-waving, red-shirt-clad supporters of Guyana’s president, Irfaan Ali, made their way to a recent rally.

Their party is predicted to easily win Monday’s general election on the back of an oil boom, which has helped transform the country into one of the fastest-growing economies in the world.

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