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Gov’t hires Trump ally to lobby Washington - Stabroek News

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With concerns growing in Guyana and the Caribbean over the trajectory of the Trump administration, the Irfaan Ali government has hired a consulting company helmed by one of his Latino advisors, Carlos Trujillo.

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