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Brazil oil and gas production

Brazil oil and gas production

5 million barrels per day eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 2 sept. 2025–Brazil surpassed the barrier of 5 million barrels of oil and natural gas produced per day for the first time ever, the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), the regulatory agency for the oil and gas industry, announced Monday. The achievement was recorded…
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Waardevolle Lessen in Latijns-Amerika en het Caribisch Gebied: De Ontrafeling van het Braziliaanse Banco Master-schandaal en de Vermoedelijke Banden met het PCC Drugskartel

eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, 1 september 2025 – In een land waar politiek en misdaad vaak botsen, schudt een nieuw schandaal de financiële en justitiële fundamenten van Brazilië door elkaar. Centraal in de storm staat Banco Master – een eens onbekende financiële instelling die nu in de schijnwerpers staat wegens het vermoedelijk witwassen van miljarden voor het…
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Lesson in Latin America and the Caribbean Unraveling the Banco Master Scandal and Its Alleged Ties to the PCC Drug Cartel

Amsterdam, September 1st, 2025 – In a country where politics and crime often collide, a new scandal is shaking Brazil’s financial and judicial foundations. At the center of the storm is Banco Master—a once-obscure financial institution now thrust into the spotlight for allegedly laundering billions for the notorious Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), one of…
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Guyana and Colombia sign Deal for Peace

Guyana and Colombia sign Deal for Peace

Regional protection promised eyesonsuriname The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Colombian Ministry of National Defense signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost cooperation in aerial surveillance and regional security. The agreement, signed this week in Georgetown by GDF Chief of Defence Staff Brigadier Omar Khan and Commander of the Colombian Aerospace Force General…
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Panama requests partnership Mercosur

The Southern Common Market extension eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 1 sept 2025–Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Panamanian colleague José Raúl Mulino met in Brasilia to advance the Central American country’s accession to the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). In addition, the two leaders instructed their teams to begin negotiations aimed at addressing the existing trade…
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From Grandmorgu to the Golden Lane

Suriname’s Energy Awakening eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 30 Aug. 2025– There are 1 billion barrels of oil reserves onshore in Suriname, and the Grandmorgu oil field has been discovered offshore. For future exploration, one direction is to extend along the Guyana Golden Lane. Another is that there will be new major oil and gas discoveries in the area…
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AI becoming accessible

AI becoming accessible

As Easy As a Google search. eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 29 aug. 2025– More than a billion people use AI chatbots regularly. ChatGPT has over 700 million weekly users. Gemini and other leading AIs add hundreds of millions more. In my posts, I often focus on the advances that AI is making (for example, in the past few…
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🌿 From Amazonian Ambitions to Tariff Turbulence

Is Lula Losing Climate Clout? eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, August 25th, 2025 – When President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Belém as the host city for COP 30, it was a bold gesture—a symbolic return of Brazil to the global climate stage. Nestled in the gateway to the Amazon, Belém was meant to showcase Brazil’s commitment…
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Caribbean Crossroads: Trinidad’s Energy Gamble and the Rising Tide Against Maduro’s Narco-State

eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, August 25th, 2025 – 🌀 Port of Spain, August 2025 — In a region long defined by quiet diplomacy and cautious neutrality, Trinidad and Tobago has emerged as a surprising pivot point in the escalating geopolitical drama surrounding Venezuela. While headlines swirl with speculation, the reality is more nuanced: Trinidad has not explicitly…
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Lithium Mining Bolivia

Bolivia’s Lithium Leap

How a Conservative Government Could Transform the Nation’s Resource Strategy eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, August 22nd, 2025 – 🔋 Bolivia, home to the world’s largest lithium reserves, is standing at a pivotal moment. With a new conservative government poised to take power, the country’s long-standing state-centric approach to lithium extraction may be on the verge of a…
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