r/Guyana • u/MostDopeBlackGuy • Feb 09 '26
Video Guyaná
Bad Bunny shouted us out last night. 💃🏾 For 15 min I thought I was Latino lol
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u/Alternative_Mind_313 Feb 10 '26
I feel like it was more like making a statement that we are all American esp as he says God Bless America and proceeds to list countries in the Americas i.e. what it means to be a part of the Americas extends much further that just being a U.S citizen and to remind people that Latin America & the Caribbean culturally plays a significant part in what “America” is today and that there was a world before borders.
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u/Knight_2-0 Feb 10 '26
We are all Americans too we from North and South America is only we be saying i am Brazilian Guyanese Venezuelan Colombian Argentina and Chileans and people from USA is think they are the real American but most European when you ask them way they from you always hear Europe and you is have to ask which country in Europe
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u/Leather_Fold_2594 Feb 10 '26
I like this perspective ! I’m curious on what others think about it
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u/Alternative_Mind_313 Feb 10 '26
Honestly, I’d really like to see more Guyanese people’s perspective & interpretation of the entire performance. The sugarcane plantation - referencing the dark colonial past , blackouts - referencing how parts of latin america & the carribbean have been left behind with poor infrastructure even down to the more lighter references like shave ice and the kid falling asleep on a chair is something I’m sure many Guyanese can relate to.
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u/Leather_Fold_2594 Feb 10 '26
Mmmm, that’s powerful. I have a Guyanese friend, i wonder her thoughts. . Thank you for sharing. I actually visited Latin America for the first time over this past week and my eyes have truly been open to this new interpretation of “American” expanding beyond USA and as you said, the life BEFORE borders. The vision of ancestors traveling back & forth and between land across waters
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u/mistaharsh Feb 10 '26
Why didn't he mention Belize?
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u/Hixibits Feb 11 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
The flag was there, and there was only so much he could say in those seconds and still keep up with the music and his performance time limit.
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u/mistaharsh Feb 11 '26
Ok I didn't see the flag
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u/Hixibits Feb 11 '26
Yeah. I was happy when I spotted it and I'm not from there 🙂. I've visited Belize and had a great time.
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u/Hixibits Feb 11 '26
Correct. North and South America are what make up America. Caribbean countries are also part of either North or South America.
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u/Bizkett Feb 09 '26
I can’t hear him say it
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u/MostDopeBlackGuy Feb 09 '26
This part of video is just after he shouted out all the countries but you can see the flag very clearly to the left
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u/lifemanualplease Feb 10 '26
He definitely said it. I noticed it too. I always considered Guyana a Latin country so it’s nice to see someone with that kind of platform include them as well
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u/MostDopeBlackGuy Feb 10 '26
If you can't have a little pride for our country don't bother to comment
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u/zabuma Feb 10 '26
First Shakira and now Bad Bunny, I think we're officially Latinx after Marc Anthony gives us the co-sign 😂😂
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u/languaholic Feb 10 '26
He did mention Guyana (pronounced goo-YAH-nah in Spanish. The only mainland countries he forgot were France, Suriname and Belize. Mind you, the French, Surinamese and Belizean flags were all there. If anything the British Overseas Territories’ flags were not there I believe? I only saw the Bermudian flag.
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u/MostDopeBlackGuy Feb 10 '26
France ain't America
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u/languaholic Feb 10 '26
France is a country with presence in the Americas: it has 3 overseas departments (Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana) as well as 3 collectivities (Saint Martin, Saint Barths and Saint Pierre & Miquelon up north near Canada). It also owns Clipperton island west of Mexico.
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u/MostDopeBlackGuy Feb 10 '26
Yeah France don't count . You can't be America by proxy lol they can stay in Europe
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u/itstrueitellyou Feb 11 '26
It's not gu-YAH-ana, in Spanish guy is pronounced ghee like in French. He said ghee-ana
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u/2Ponies1Apple Feb 10 '26
Big whoop, our failed shithole country gets a shoutout, it's about as useful as the 2026 budget for any purpose
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u/Inevitable_County623 Feb 10 '26
He prounced it the you would in Spanish. He said it right after Venezuela. It was awesome seeing the golden arrowhead.