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Dancing the cha-cha-cha

Dancing the cha-cha-cha 

All night long and early mornings too eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, June 16 2025–Uno, dos, três. One, two, three, Mercedes counts to the rhythm of a Cuban melody on her small portable radio. She teaches modern Cuban dance here in the first capital of Spanish Cuba, founded in 1589, now the number 2 city and the heart of…
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The Magic of Macondo 

and other stories from Latin and South America eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, June 13th 2025–While I sit quietly at lunch in the hotel somewhere in Northern Colombia, waiting for inspiration for a story about Venezuelan refugees who often cross from here to Aruba and Curaçao to escape the regime of first Hugo Chávez and now Mr. Maduro,…
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Cybercriminals Hijack Gaming & Social Ads to Mimic Booking.com—Stay Alert!

Cybercriminals have started a campaign of redirecting links placed on gaming sites and social media—and as sponsored ads—that lead to fake websites posing as Booking.com.  According to Malwarebytes research, 40% of people book travel through a general online search, creating a lot of opportunities for scammers. The first signs of the campaign showed up mid-May 2025 and the…
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Guyana Global Charms the World

Guyana Global Charms the World

Looking for Investors eyesonguyana June 8th 2025 — The humid air of Georgetown clung to everything, a familiar embrace of salt and blooming frangipani. But beneath the city’s colonial charm and the rising hum of an emergent oil economy, a different kind of pressure was building. Not from the deep offshore wells, but from the…
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Data Journalism Handbook flat

The Data Journalism Handbook

eyesonsuriname The Data Journalism Handbook Handbook Data Journalism  from  The center for investigative journalism Resources from Data Driven Journalism Data journalism at The Guardian Data Journalism Blog VVOJ MedialabSchool of Data, explaining everything that has to do with data Handy tools Import IO, scrape without programming Scraper Wiki, find scrapers and create your own Outwit…
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Bring change with Pebble

And transform life, business and societies eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, 29 May 2025– Pebble is a group of talented professionals that are passionate about the digital transformation of businesses using the cloud, data and automation solutions.  The group believes in doing things differently with the aim of creating more value. Change for the group is a fact of life.  They now…
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Brazil launches platform to attract green investments

The website will list Ecological Transition Plan projects eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, May 29th 2025–Brazilian and foreign investors now have access to a platform to select environmental and social projects for financing.  It’s already been a little while, but on a Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C., Finance Minister  Fernando Haddad and Environment Minister Marina Silva launched the Climate and Ecological Transformation…
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Brazil’s Finance Chief:

Climate Change a tremendous Economic Opportunity eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 22 May 2025– For years, climate advocates have argued that slowing emissions requires governments to embed climate throughout government policy—including and especially economic policy. In few places has such an approach taken greater hold than Brazil.  Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad on a tour around the U.S. to promote his country as a home for data…
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AI vs. Human Intelligence in Media & Communication

AI vs. Human Intelligence in Media & Communication

A Synergistic Future The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the media and communication landscape has sparked heated debates, with skeptics like Sabine Zetteler questioning whether AI-generated content carries the depth, nuance, and personality that make human-authored works compelling. While some fear AI-driven content may be soulless or formulaic, dismissing it outright would be a…
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The Big Digital Divide Decides Suriname in a World of Data

The Big Digital Divide Decides

Suriname in a World of Data eyesonsuriname Our world is transforming at a dizzying pace. Change has always been a given, a constant, when it comes to human societies. But the pace at which these changes occur is increasing with each passing day.  Unquestionably, the digital revolution acts like a giant booster rocket mounted on…
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