Dear Editor,
While visiting the UK, I read that the US had pulled out of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) which Guyana is now a candidate member of. There are some 51 members. The US presence in the body served as a model against corruption and acted as a pressure for other countries to become members. Naturally, US withdrawal would encourage others from withdrawing or not applying for membership, and by extension subjecting them to more corruption.
