CIA director makes unannounced brief visit to Guyana

Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency, William J. Burns, made a brief visit to Guyana yesterday and held talks with President Irfaan Ali and senior security officials.

A brief statement issued by the Department of Public Information gave no further details, but media reports said that a number of security and other intelligence matters related to Guyana and the Caribbean and Latin America region were raised and discussed at the meeting.