A Most Precious Gift geert camerlinkcx/ eyesonsuriname Amsterdam May 2nd 2023–Perhaps it was not experienced as such by most, but the most precious gift Surinamese society has received in the past year comes from the Constitutional Court. More specifically when its president announced on 5 August that the most recently used electoral system had not passed…
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Should Bolsonaro stand trial in the Hague eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 17 March 2023– The Amazon is no stranger to crises. And the Santo Antonio hospital in Boa Vista is no exception to the rule. It proves the point. For almost a decade its staff have been dealing with the fallout from the humanitarian collapse in neighbouring Venezuela,…
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And All Others Interested h.leggett / eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, February 11, 2023 — Feeling depressed, anxious, down? You’re not and far from alone. During the pandemic, rates of anxiety and depression soared around the globe, resulting in a shortage of mental health care providers and long wait times for therapy. But, according to a new study from…
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Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, the Youth Poet Laureate of 2017, delivers a poem at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi Amanda Gorman, 22, became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history after reciting her poem “The Hill We Climb.” “But while democracy can…
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Auction in New York eyesonsuriname Three documents that cleared the way for the British to take New Amsterdam in exchange for Suriname from the Dutch in the 17th century. If you bought the 1664 deed — officially, a charter laying claim to a great deal of land — you would not own Manhattan. If you…
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Byebye Suriname eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, July 21st 2022— Brazil’s Federal Prosecution Service formally accused eighteen of belonging to criminal gangs involved in sending cocaine in fruit containers to Europe through the port of Salvador, north of the country. With Operation Decontamination, twelve search and seizure warrants were ordered plus eight preventive arrests last April in several…
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Part VI louisalim/guardian/eyesonsuriname Amsterdam July 2nd 2022– The task of executing that mission has fallen to 35-year-old CEO Gary Liu, a Mandarin-speaking California native with a Harvard degree, who had previously worked as chief executive of the digital news aggregator Digg and before that, on the business side of the music streaming company Spotify. When…
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Dutch Design antonfoek Amsterdam, July 5, 2022– A bright autumn day in Dubai: a clear sky and 33 degrees. Still, Willem-Alexander and Máxima needed an umbrella at the opening of the Dutch pavilion at the World Exhibition on November 3, 2021, so as not to get wet. The royal couple looked at the eye-catcher of…
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