Suriname president plans to share future and upcoming oil wealth eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 26 november 2024– All Surinamese adults to receive payment from recently discovered oil and gas reserves – ‘no one will be left behind’ Suriname’s president has announced a program of “royalties for everyone” as the South American nation plans for a boon from recently discovered oil and…
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Who gains who loses? eyesonproject: suriname, brasil, guyana and belize Amsterdam, 25 november 2024–Latin America and the Caribbean social and economic development remains heavily burdened by crime and violence, a new Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study shows. The direct costs of crime and violence in Latin America reached 3.44% of the region’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2022,…
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from 100 to 300Billion $ per year eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 24 november 2024–Negotiators at this year’s United Nations climate summit struck an agreement early on Sunday in Baku, Azerbaijan, to triple the flow of money to help developing countries adopt cleaner energy and cope with the effects of climate change. Under the deal, wealthy nations pledged to…
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eyesonsuriname 1. A Platform for Ambitious Climate Goals The COP29 Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, is set to be a pivotal event in the global fight against climate change. With nearly 200 countries participating, the conference aims to secure a new collective quantified goal for climate finance, ensuring that every nation has the means…
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Guyana would also benefit eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, November 8, 2024– Research agency Wood Mackenzie reports that Suriname and Guyana could together produce 12 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually. This could also be supplied at a competitive price. Demand for LNG is expected to increase at the end of this decade, as the industry…
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High Noon for Suriname eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, November 8th 2024–The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Brasília had the privilege of hosting a special session on Forest Crime Prevention and Indigenous Community Engagement in the Brazilian Amazon. Dr. Tim Boekhout van Solinge, esteemed Dutch geographer-criminologist and expert researcher at the Strategic Knowledge Center of…
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Gold mining triggers controversy eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 2 november 2024– Four rivers in Amazonian indigenous territories were found to be at a high risk of mercury contamination, above levels considered safe, a report released this week citing a study by the NGO WWF-Brazil. The results indicate an “extremely high risk” of contamination in more than half…
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Extremely Serious Health Risk Suriname and other Neighbouring Countries eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, October 17th 2024– Brazilian scientists said this week that the samples of the Oropouche virus recently detected in South America’s largest country could belong to a new variant. According to the latest study on the subject published in The Lancet, the recent increase in…
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From the U.K. to the Caribbean eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, October 14th 2024– A group of fifteen Caribbean governments have unanimously decided to demand an incredible £200 billion from the UK in compensation for its role in the slave trade, according to reports in the British media. It comes after the Prime Minister of Barbados told the…
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Possibly more financial peace in Paramaribo eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, October 12th 2024– “I’m pleased to announce that the Executive Board has reached a consensus on a reform of IMF charges and surcharges. This will lower borrowing costs for our members by 36 percent while preserving the IMF’s financial capacity to support countries in a challenging global…
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