Economics
Economy With 86% GDP Growth Votes for Leader to Manage Oil Boom
- Massive oil fields found by Exxon to transform Guyana
- Opposition party leader wants to renegotiate come oil deals
National Unity and Alliance for Change posters depicting an image of David Granger sit on a building in Georgetown, Guyana, on March 1.
Photographer: Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images
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Control of the world’s fastest-growing economy and its massive offshore oil fields are up for grabs Monday as Guyana votes in national elections.
The business-friendly administration of David Granger is seeking re-election, facing Irfaan Ali of the People’s Progressive Party, who is pledging to renegotiate some oil contracts.