Ferry capsizes off Guyana, authorities searching for 66 missing passengers
An ageing ferry carrying more than 100 people capsized off the coast of Guyana, with 67 saved and rescue teams searching for the rest, officials said on Sunday.
The ferry MV Barima left the small English-speaking country at the northeast corner of South America on Saturday afternoon with 133 people aboard for a trip from the capital, Georgetown, to the town of Port Kaituma.
Port Kaituma is inland in the oil-rich Essequibo region and the ferry travels along the coast in the Atlantic before...
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