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Latin America and Europol agreement

Tackling organized crime, drugs trafficking and resilience of ports eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, March 11th 2025–Ministerial delegations from Latin America spent several days of high level meetings in Europol headquarters in The Hague, aimed at strengthening cooperation between Latin American law enforcement authorities and Europol, enhancing strategic dialogue on tackling security threats such as organized crime and terrorism.…
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Secr. General OAS elected

Ramdin from Suriname eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, March 11th 2025–Suriname’s Foreign Minister, Albert Ramdin was elected Monday as the new Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the term 2025-2030, marking a historic first for a representative from a Caribbean Community (Caricom) member State. “The Caribbean Community is confident that Minister Ramdin will serve in his new role…
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Uruguayan Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin

Uruguay stresses Latin American Diplomatic Cooperation

Endorses Suriname’s Secretary General to the OAS eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, March 6th 2025– Uruguayan Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin had his first formal day in office on Wednesday March 5th, during a ceremony in Montevideo attended by President Yamandú Orsi and Vice President Carolina Cosse, the South American country’s top diplomat emphasized Uruguay’s role as an “actor of peace” to…
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Albert Ramdin Suriname

Ramdin from Suriname 

Most Likely Next Secretary General OAS eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 5 March 2025– Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, and Colombia have endorsed Suriname’s Foreign Minister, Albert Ramdin, as their candidate for Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS).  Albert Ramdin, who previously served as Assistant Secretary General of the OAS, is seen as uniquely qualified to address contemporary…
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Conflict Venezuela and Guyana escalating

Conflict Venezuela and Guyana escalating

Relations Turn Very Sour eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, March 4th 2025– Venezuela’s Armed Forces rejected neighboring Guyana’s patrolling waters yet to be delimited, Bolivarian authorities explained this weekend. The Chavista regime also spoke against Guyanese President Irfaan Ali’s latest remarks affecting the ongoing sovereignty controversy over the so-called Essequiba Guiana. On Saturday, Ali accused the Bolivarian Navy of…
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Mexico, Colombia, and Uruguay invited to BRICS Summit

In Rio de Janeiro, Next July eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, 4 March 2025–Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva invited Mexico, Colombia, and Uruguay to participate in the upcoming BRICS summit in July in Rio de Janeiro.  The bloc, which includes Brazil, China, and India, represents 40% of the world’s population. The summit will focus on reducing…
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Anton JieSamFoek teaching in Tallinn Estonia

Estonia makes Artificial Intelligence an integral part of school lessons

Testing with ChatGPT and a chatbot helps teachers eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 4 March 2025 — Estonia is going to incorporate artificial intelligence into its national education system. This makes the Baltic state the first country world-wide that wants to apply AI in education on a national scale.  For its introduction, the Estonians are looking at the American OpenAI and research…
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The IT Industry in Suriname

Safe, Stable, Scalable and Highly Available. Toothpicks or Matches? eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, Feb 26, 2025– It is unfortunately an illusion, a dream to think that the largest countries, companies, institutions, organizations or those with the most customers will survive in the struggle for existence. It is the enterprises that best know how to adapt to changing…
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Brazil’s Newest Biodiversity Goal

Planned Until 2023  eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, 26 February 2025– Conabio, Brazil’s National Biodiversity Commission, has established new national biodiversity targets for the period 2025 to 2030 and recommended a new set of measures for the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), pursuant to the Dec. 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), of which the South American country…
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Brazilian Energy Financing 

Transition in Brazil eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, 25 feb 2025– Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pointed out that his country, Brazil, would rely on fossil fuels to finance the transition to clean energy. He made those remarks during a contract signing ceremony with Transpetro and oil companies Rio Grande and Mac Laren. He also underlined that the…
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