In Guyana, Colonial Regimes Power the New Oil Frontier: ExxonMobil's promise of booming wealth draws on enduring colonial frontier logics. Attention to relentless resource extraction in the hinterland disrupt the mirage.
Possibilities Beyond Frontier Imaginaries As an emerging petrostate, Guyana has shifted from being an imagined oil frontier space to seeming to guarantee significant revenues for oil companies. In Guyana, Colonial Regimes Power the New Oil Frontier: ExxonMobil's promise of booming wealth draws on en...
| Published in: | NACLA Report on the Americas Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 268 - 275 |
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