Guyana's Chief of Defense Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess (left), posing next to General Laura Richardson (right), head of the US Southern Command, during her visit to Guyana last August. Photo: US Secretary of Defense/File photo.

Guyana's Chief of Defense Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess (left), posing next to General Laura Richardson (right), head of the US Southern Command, during her visit to Guyana last August. Photo: US Secretary of Defense/File photo.