When Jonestown was about a South American border dispute, not mass death

Then as now, Guyana's border dispute with Venezuela was simmering in 1974 when leaders of the former British colony thought they had found a solution to the conflict with their more-powerful, oil-rich neighbor. A wealthy, well-connected American preacher wanted to set up a socialist commune in their country, and he was willing to put it […]











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