Exclusive Interview with Biden, Clinton and Obama Advisor on Climate Change

News

Exclusive Interview with Biden, Clinton and Obama Advisor on Climate Change

One of the secrets for success is more and better investments in data and more data. Listen to David J. Hayes in an exclusive one-on-one interview with eyesonsuriname. David J. Hayes is an American attorney and legal scholar who serves in the Biden Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy.  Hayes has led the White…
Read more

Venezuela’s Oil Industry Is Broken. Now It’s Breaking the Environment.

Isayen Herrera // Sheyla Urdaneta Photographs //Adriana Loureiro Fernandez Amsterdam July 23d 2023— Each morning, José Aguilera inspects the leaves of his banana and coffee plants on his farm in eastern Venezuela and calculates how much he can harvest — almost nothing. Explosive gas flares from nearby oil wells spew an oily, flammable residue on the…
Read more

Catherine A Hughes

Opposition in Guyana Worries

Moves Expected eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, July 24 2023== The government in Guyana predicts that oil related projects in Guyana predict that a year’s oil revenue will be equivalent to almost its total outstanding debt.  However, political opponents to the current administration have said the country’s debt is mounting and this could impact its future prospects.  Alliance…
Read more

Arrests illegal miners in Brazilian Amazon

Arrests illegal miners in Brazilian Amazon

When will those illegal Brazilians in Suriname be arrested?? eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 23 July 2023 Brazilian authorities this week arrested 18 illegal miners or garimpeiros in Yanomami Indigenous Land during the joint operation Ágata Fronteira Norte, according to Defense Ministry sources, it was reported Friday. Military personnel from the Armed Forces, Federal Police officers, and officials from the…
Read more

BELLA II: The gateway to the future of people-centered digital transformation.

Building the Europe Link to Latin America and the Caribbean

BELLA II (Building the Europe Link to Latin America and the Caribbean) is co-financed by DG INTPA of the European Commission (EC), through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation instrument – Global Europe (NDICI), under agreement number 438-964, signed in December 2022. The EC contribution for the 48 months in which the project will be executed, is…
Read more

BELLA II Brussels Strategic Dialogues

EU-CELAC context eyesonsuriname / ixchelperez Brussels, Belgium, July 17th 2023– It happens again in Brussels. This European capital will be the hosting city for relevant events in July: It will be the venue of the EU-CELAC Summit of Heads of State and Government (July 17 and 18), the place where the European Union and Latin…
Read more

Forests and climate change

What is the issue?  Forests are a stabilising force for the climate. They regulate ecosystems, protect biodiversity, play an integral part in the carbon cycle, support livelihoods, and supply goods and services that can drive sustainable growth. Forests’ role in climate change is two-fold. They act as both a cause and a solution for greenhouse…
Read more

EU Finds Latin America

EU Finds Latin America

Huge investments ahead eyesonsuriname / J.Marczak / J Fleck Amsterdam, July 21st — Breaking an eight-year dry spell in meeting, more than fifty world leaders and top ministers from Europe and Latin America descended on Brussels in force this week. The purpose: to advance new European Union (EU) outreach toward Latin America and the Caribbean…
Read more

Russia v Ukraine

Russia v Ukraine

“Tomorrow it could be us,” says Chilean president International law “has clearly been violated not by the two parties, but by one party that is an invader, which is Russia,” Boric said Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday urged his fellow Latin American leaders in Brussels during the EU-Celac summit to recognize Russia’s aggression against…
Read more

Eu Investment Latin America

EU to Invest in Latin America

Caribbean included in 45 Billion € Package eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 18 July 2023 — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Monday an investment of € 45 billion over several years for Latin American and Caribbean economies through the Global Gateway program, the EU’s response to massive Chinese undertakings in the region. Von der Leyen…
Read more