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Forbes Burnham was the Leftist dictator of Guyana from 1964 to 1985 and head of his People’s Progressive Party. He ruled as prime minister from 1964 to 1980 and as president until his death in August 1985. Since the 1970s Burnham improved relationsships to Cuba, the USSR and other Communist dictatorships. He nationalized mines and companies, whereby the private sector’s share in the economy was reduced to 10 percent. Most inhabitants of Guyana disagreed with these politics. In 1980 he was elected as president in an fraudulent election.[1] Burnham allowed sect leader and mass murder Jim Jones to hide in Guyana.[2]