Santa Rosa calls for transparent probe, salvaging of MV Barima

What this source establishes

Second Indigenous village council to demand the vessel be raised. The Santa Rosa Village Council and Village General Meeting — Region One, and one of the largest Indigenous communities in Guyana — issue a statement of solidarity and demand. This is the second Indigenous village council in this corpus to take a formal position, after Assakata on 31 July, and both ask for the same thing: raise the vessel.

Key claims

• The **Santa Rosa Village Council** and Village General Meeting — Region One, and one of the largest Indigenous communities in Guyana — issue a statement of solidarity and demand. **This is the second Indigenous village council in this corpus to take a formal position**, after Assakata on 31 July, and both ask for the same thing: raise the vessel.
• Demands: a thorough and independent Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances of the capsizing; **salvage of the vessel to preserve forensic evidence**; continuing medical care, counselling and essential assistance for survivors; and accountability — "All individuals, institutions or other entities found culpable through due process…must be held accountable".
• It also appeals for political unity: leaders should "put aside political differences and stand together".
• **[PROVENANCE]** The statement was posted to Facebook and no meeting date is given. It is a council statement carried by a news outlet, not a minuted resolution this archive has seen.

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