# Guyana’s oil boom and challenges | Talk to Al Jazeera

https://mins.news/en/video/56883

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-13 20:00 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C31VFBGX7uk

> President Mohamed Irfaan Ali says he does not want Guyana to rely only on oil wealth. Oil revenues have surged in recent months as the US-Israel war on Iran disrupts global energy supplies and pushes up crude prices. Ali says major discoveries 11 years ago transformed the country, while inflation and living costs remain high and the opposition voices criticism.

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