Guyana, the former British Guiana, was given independence in 1966, and has since had a democratically elected government. Guyana is the only English-speaking country on the South American continent, but is considered a Caribbean nation, being a member of the Caribbean Community (Caricom - https://caricom.org/country_profiles/guyana). Caricom established the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) – an extension of the 1983 Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI), which gives Guyana-based companies preferential access to the US market. Caricom is headquartered in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana.
Guyana continues with the legacy of British law and business practices. The country has a modest population of 800,000, however, as a consequence of steady emigration, especially beginning in the 1970s, approximately only half of Guyanese now live within the borders of Guyana, with the remainder scattered in diaspora communities across the globe, with a focus on the U.S., Canada and the U.K.
