Just two days after the forum wrapped, the 87-year-old ferry MV Barima capsized off Guyana’s coast. According to the State Department’s media note, the forum focused on strengthening investor confidence and expanding US commercial engagement in Guyana’s business environment, energy sector and infrastructure. The department said Washington is “positioning American businesses to lead in energy, infrastructure, and other sectors central to” Guyana’s growth. The push for a larger American commercial footprint in Guyana’s energy sector comes as questions have already emerged over how the country’s oil wealth is being tracked. The MV Barima disaster is a stark reminder of what that weight looks like on the ground: a nation courting billions in foreign energy investment while a domestic ferry system serving its most remote communities has gone without a purpose-built replacement for decades.