In 1976, members of the Peoples Temple, the infamous cult led by Jim Jones, moved from California to the Caribbean coastal nation of Guyana to create a socialist utopia.
The tragic ending of this failed social experiment is well-known – 909 members of the cult committed mass suicide on November 18, 1978 by drinking cyanide-laced Flavor Aid – but many do not know that, in the Guyanese jungle, there was a little slice of North Korea.
In 1976, members of the Peoples Temple, the infamous cult led by Jim Jones, moved from California to the Caribbean coastal nation of Guyana to create a socialist utopia.
The tragic ending of this failed social experiment is well-known – 909 members of the cult committed mass suicide on November 18, 1978 by drinking cyanide-laced Flavor Aid – but many do not know that, in the Guyanese jungle, there was a little slice of North Korea.
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