Guyana
More than 900 people died in Jonestown, many from the Bay Area. Guyana wants to turn it into a tourist attraction
It was the largest suicide-murder in recent history, and a government-backed tour operator wants to open the former commune now shrouded by lush vegetation to visitors, a proposal that is reopening old wounds.
By BERT WILKINSON and DÁNICA COTO | Associated Press
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana is revisiting a dark history nearly half a century after U.S. Rev. Jim Jones and more than 900 of his followers died in the rural interior of the South American country.... [11614 chars]