But the history in question is macabre: the mass death of more than 900 people at the remote Jonestown settlement in Guyana nearly 50 years ago. And plans to bring tourists to the former cultist ...

A tour operator is planning to turn Jonestown, a remote area in Guyana surrounded by jungle where more than 900 people died under the direction of cult leader Jim Jones, into a tourist destination.

“I just missed dying by one day,” she recalled. Vilchez, 67, said Guyana has every right to profit from any plans related to Jonestown. “Then on the other hand, I just feel like any ...