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Forbes Burnham

Forbes Burnham

Former Prime Minister of GuyanaWikipedia

Search complete. 7 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Forbes Burnham".

Sep 18, 2026

Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
29:54
So he got all these followers, and then he set up this...
Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
29:58
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.
Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
30:14
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.
Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
30:25
And yet there were division between the blacks and Indian there that the CIA exploited.
Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
30:24
So he got all these followers, and then he set up this...
Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
30:28
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.
Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
30:44
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.
Jeremy KuzmarovGUEST
30:55
And yet there were division between the blacks and Indian there that the CIA exploited.
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
0:53
One is Dr., uh, Cheddi Jagan, J-A-G-A-N.
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
1:00
And the opposition to Jagan in Guyana was a man by the name of Forbes Burnham.
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
1:10
And what's interesting about those two in contrast, Dr., um, Jagan was educated in the United States at the University of Chicago.
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
1:21
He was a dentist, um, very well respected.

9 MINS LATER

Towner-WatkinsGUEST
10:12
So the British decide that it was easier and perhaps wiser to use subtle methods for his removal, and contact the CIA again.
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
10:27
And the CIA gets to work on the unions.
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
10:31
And, um, basically they start funneling money to this Forbes Burnham guy, the Black guy.
Towner-WatkinsGUEST
10:40
So Forbes Burnham represents the Blacks, which are a minority, and they decide that he's the better...

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