Inter-Guiana Games Launched The 2025 Inter-Guiana Games got underway this morning at the National Track and Field Centre in Leonora, West Coast Demerara, marking the latest chapter in a regional sporting legacy that dates back to 1967. The opening ceremony brought together delegations from Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, and featured welcoming remarks from Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson MP and Minister within the Ministry, Hon. Steven Jacobs MP, Vice President of Sport-

France established the penal colony system in Cayenne, French Guiana in 1852 under Emperor Napoleon III, officially formalized by the transportation law of 1854. This brutal prison complex encompassed multiple locations including the infamous Devil's Island (reserved for political prisoners), Île Royale, Saint-Joseph Island, and mainland facilities in Cayenne and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. The most famous prisoner was Captain Alfred Dreyfus, unjustly convicted of treason and imprisoned from 1895 t