Some countries have had to shut down their main industries. Guyana hasn't. Despite that they still remain better off, and thousands of Guyanese fleeing to those islands is proof. So yes it is true that circumstances differ.
Name the island. Trinidad, Grenada, St Vincent, Barbados, St Lucia, Antigua, St Kitts Nevis. What do they all have in common. THOUSANDS of Guyanese living within the borders and with the highest numbers arriving AFTER 2000.
The Guyana population FELL between 2002 and 2012. The US embassy says migration to the USA DECLINED in that period. So obviously large numbers of Guyanese headed to those islands, and others like St Maarten and Tortola. EVEN to volcano plagued Montserrat.
Why are conditions in Nevis so good to attract Guyanese? How come Guyanese living on Leguan even HEARD of an island called Nevis?
Guyana comes last in CXC results when one looks at the AVERAGE performance. The kids taking CXC were not even born during the PNC era. The bulk of their education occurred long after the PPP was installed. So what's your excuse?
Note that the best Guyanese teachers have been fleeing to other CARICOM nations, and this movement has continued since PPP rule. NONE have returned.
Over 85% of the nurses recently FAILED their exams. Low quality instruction, and poor primary and secondary education was blamed. These are the products of the PPPs educational policy. Instruction levels are poor because the best nurses are in Barbados, Trinidad and Antigua! Some even flocking to Jamaica!
Quite using the Burnham jumbie for the FAILURES of the PPP.