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A street vendor sits next to banners of David Granger, in Georgetown, Guyana, on March 1. (Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images)
“It is the first time this has happened in the history of our country,” Granger said in July, according to the Guyana’s Stabroek News. “It has happened because there are some bad elements out there who tried to manipulate the vote.”