
Forbes Burnham
Former Prime Minister of GuyanaWikipedia
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Search complete. 7 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Forbes Burnham".
Sep 18, 2026
Political Assassinations in America: The Intricate Nexus of Deep State Crime w/ Jeremy Kuzmarov
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29:54Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
So he got all these followers, and then he set up this...
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29:58Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
He bought some land in Guyana because he had worked for the CIA in Brazil and in Guyana, where the CIA backed a coup in 1966 against a socialist leader, Chedi Jagan, and supported this dictator, Forbes Burnham.
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30:14Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
And the CIA had tried to play the strategy of dividing and conquering Guyana because Burnham was Afro-Guyanese and Chedi Jagan was Indian background.
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30:25Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
And yet there were division between the blacks and Indian there that the CIA exploited.
Political Assassinations in America: The Intricate Nexus of Deep State Crime w/ Jeremy Kuzmarov
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30:24Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
So he got all these followers, and then he set up this...
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30:28Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
He bought some land in Guyana because he had worked for the CIA in Brazil and in Guyana, where the CIA backed a coup in 1966 against a socialist leader, Chedi Jagan, and supported this dictator, Forbes Burnham.
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30:44Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
And the CIA had tried to play the strategy of dividing and conquering Guyana because Burnham was Afro-Guyanese and Chedi Jagan was Indian background.
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30:55Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
And yet there were division between the blacks and Indian there that the CIA exploited.
The CIA Files - Part 17
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0:53Towner-WatkinsGUEST
One is Dr., uh, Cheddi Jagan, J-A-G-A-N.
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1:00Towner-WatkinsGUEST
And the opposition to Jagan in Guyana was a man by the name of Forbes Burnham.
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1:10Towner-WatkinsGUEST
And what's interesting about those two in contrast, Dr., um, Jagan was educated in the United States at the University of Chicago.
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1:21Towner-WatkinsGUEST
He was a dentist, um, very well respected.
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10:12Towner-WatkinsGUEST
So the British decide that it was easier and perhaps wiser to use subtle methods for his removal, and contact the CIA again.
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10:27Towner-WatkinsGUEST
And the CIA gets to work on the unions.
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10:31Towner-WatkinsGUEST
And, um, basically they start funneling money to this Forbes Burnham guy, the Black guy.
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10:40Towner-WatkinsGUEST
So Forbes Burnham represents the Blacks, which are a minority, and they decide that he's the better...