In fact, another Jew had recently purchased an island off the coast of Guyana and, 25 years later, there are at least two Jews living in the tiny oil-rich South American nation.

One is a Guyanese-British-Israeli guesthouse operator who has been working in Guyana since the 1970s.

The other is a former marketing executive from Chicago who until recently ran the country’s largest tour operator.

Both offer a window into three dynamics that define Guyana — a government that embraces all faiths, an economy based on extractive industries and an expansive rainforest the country hopes will be a draw for its growing ecotourism industry.

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