It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, and Brazil to the south.
- SurinameGuyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Venezuela to the west, and Suriname to the east.
- GuyanaOn the mainland, Belize, Nicaragua, the Caribbean region of Colombia, Cozumel, the Yucatán Peninsula, Margarita Island, and the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Guayana Region in Venezuela, and Amapá in Brazil) are often included due to their political and cultural ties with the region.
- CaribbeanIt is part of the mainland Caribbean region maintaining strong cultural, historical, and political ties with other Caribbean countries as well as serving as the headquarters for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
- GuyanaSuriname is considered a culturally Caribbean country, and is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
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Kalina people
0 linksIndigenous people native to the northern coastal areas of South America.
Indigenous people native to the northern coastal areas of South America.
Today, the Kalina live largely in villages on the rivers and coasts of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil.
They may be related to the Island Caribs of the Caribbean, though their languages are unrelated.
The Guianas
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Region in north-eastern South America which includes the following three territories:
Guyana, formerly known as British Guiana from 1831 until 1966, after the colonies of Berbice, Essequibo, and Demerara, taken from the Netherlands in 1814, were merged into a single colony
Suriname, formerly Dutch Guiana, until 1814 together with Berbice, Essequibo and Demerara
The native tribes of the Northern Amazon are most closely related to the natives of the Caribbean; most evidence suggests that the Arawaks immigrated from the Orinoco and Essequibo River Basins in Venezuela and Guiana into the northern islands, and were then supplanted by more warlike tribes of Carib Indians, who departed from these same river valleys a few centuries later.
Caribbean Community
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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM or CC) is an intergovernmental organization that is a political and economic union of 15 member states (14 nation-states and one dependency) throughout the Caribbean having primary objectives to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members, to ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared, and to coordinate foreign policy.
The secretariat headquarters is in Georgetown, Guyana.
The organization became multilingual with the addition of Dutch-speaking Suriname in 1995 and the French- and Haitian Creole-speaking Haiti in 2002.
Indo-Caribbeans
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Indo-Caribbeans or Indian-Caribbeans are Indian people in the Caribbean who are descendants of the Jahaji Indian indentured laborers brought by the British, Dutch, and French during the colonial era from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century.
Most Indo-Caribbean people live in the English-speaking Caribbean nations, the Dutch-speaking Suriname and the French overseas departments of Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana, with smaller numbers in other Caribbean countries and, following further migration, in North America and Europe.
In fact, the first two shiploads of Indians arrived in British Guiana (modern-day Guyana) on May 5, 1838, on board the Whitby and Hesperus.
Caribbean Hindustani
0 linksIndo-Aryan language spoken by Indo-Caribbeans and the Indo-Caribbean diaspora.
Indo-Aryan language spoken by Indo-Caribbeans and the Indo-Caribbean diaspora.
These languages were spoken by the Indians who came as immigrants to the Caribbean from India as indentured laborers.
The language has also borrowed many words from Dutch and English in Suriname and Guyana, and English and French in Trinidad and Tobago.