Guyana court bars recount of disputed election amid oil boom

A court in Guyana has issued a temporary injunction blocking a vote recount in the disputed general election that has paralyzed government operations amid an oil boom in the South American country.

The injunction led the 15-nation Caribbean Community trade group to withdraw a special team of electoral officials that had been given the task of recounting nearly 450,000 ballots from the March 2 election.

"It is clear that there are forces that don't want the votes to be recounted, said Caricom's leader, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley. "Any government which is sworn in without a credible and fully transparent vote count process would lack legitimacy."