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Jagan Faces Declining Support in British Guiana Politics
In 1963 British Guiana, Cheddi Jagan's Popular Progressive Party shows reduced East Indian backing as a new electoral formula threatens his seat majority. Labor unrest and sectarian tension rise with strikes, bombings, and political factionalism within Jagan's Marxist leadership led by wife Janet, deputy prime minister Brindley Benn, and youth leader Moses Bhagwan.
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British Guiana
Apaan
Apaan Jhat
Jagan
People’s Progressive Party
Progressive Party
Labor Front
Janet
Brindley Benn
Moses Bhagwan