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BGR Government Affairs has inked a $35K monthly retainer pact to provide strategic counsel and US outreach to Guyana, the world’s fastest-growing economy.
The International Monetary Fund forecasts the economy of the former British colony in South America will grow 47 percent this year. That follows a 20 percent growth in 2021.
Until ExxonMobil discovered oil off the coast of Guyana in 2015, it had ranked among the poorest of South American countries. Hess and China's CNOOC are ExxonMobil partners.
Guyana president Irfaan Ali told the Financial Times that his country is trying to avoid the “oil curse” by investing in healthcare, education and transportation to develop a sustainable economy.
BGR’s one-year contract kicked off April 6.
Lester Munson, who was deputy assistant administrator for the US Agency for International Development during the Bush administration, is working on Guyana business.
Former Georgia Republican Congressman Tom Graves is representing the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, positioning the country as a reliable partner with the US.
Bridges Partners is running an influencer campaign on behalf of Israel to promote the cultural interchange between it and the US.
San Diego’s Show Faith by Works is spreading pro-Israel messaging to Christian groups in the western US on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
KNP Communications has lined up a contract to provide media training to members of Canada’s US embassy.
The firm of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has a four-month $6M agreement for strategic communications and media services in support of Havas Media’s engagement by Israel to develop a nationwide campaign in the US to combat antisemitism.
