Guyana, flush with oil riches, votes for leader


People climb stairs to go vote, at a polling station, during the general election in Georgetown, Guyana, September 1, 2025, in this screen grab taken from a video. Reuters TV/via REUTERS

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters) -Polls have closed in Guyana's general election, where voters cast ballots on Monday to choose 65 members of parliament and a president who will determine how riches from the South American country's hydrocarbon boom will be spent.

The country of 800,000 people has earned some $7.5 billion in revenue from oil sales and royalties since ExxonMobil started pumping offshore oil in late 2019, making Guyana one of the world's fastest-growing economies.

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