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Guyana’s president claims victory in election held amid newfound oil riches

Irfaan Ali will be tasked with turning the profits of Guyana’s 2019 oil boom into prosperity for its citizens

Guyana’s president, Irfaan Ali, has proclaimed victory in this week’s general and regional elections after his party won more than 240,000 votes and seven of the country’s ten electoral districts.

“The results are all out there, as published by the Guyana elections commission. The numbers are clear. The people have spoken in an overwhelming way. We have won these elections with a remarkable margin,” he told the Guardian on Wednesday.

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© Photograph: Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Joaquín Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images

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House Votes to Advance Ambler Access Road in Alaska

The proposed 211-mile industrial road over pristine land would allow a mining company to reach a copper deposit. Critics say it would destroy a fragile environment.

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Part of the proposed road would run through the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow His Sweeping Tariffs

A federal appeals court had invalidated a centerpiece of President Trump’s economic strategy, finding that a 1977 law did not authorize the tariffs.

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The Port of Baltimore. Since taking office, President Trump has relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 as a central part of his efforts to force companies to invest in the United States.
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