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Guyana Daily Brief – Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Good morning, Guyana. Oil is flowing, money is missing, and a policeman is on video threatening to murder a man. Wednesday.

OIL MONEY CAME IN. ALL OF IT.

Guyana collected US$761 million in oil revenue in the first quarter of 2026. That is a lot of money. The government would like you to focus on this number and not on any of the other numbers in today’s brief.

GOVERNMENT DENIES SECRET PAYOUT. CONFIRMS SECRET PAYOUT.

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