What is called socialism today is just a poorly functioning version of capitalism philip Cross/eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, January 28 2023– Faith in capitalism waned during the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and has been slow to recover, with a growing number of young people professing support for socialism. But what today is called socialism is just…
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Silence from Paramaribo is deafening? eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, January 26 2023– Argentinian President Alberto Fernández met Wednesday with European Council President Charles Michel at Casa Rosada to discuss the importance of strengthening the bilateral agenda European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac). Both leaders highlighted the complementarity between both regions and the…
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Suriname beware China engages media for influencing our opinion eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 26 january 2023– Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva said Wednesday in Montevideo that he agreed to open up Mercosur and pursue a free trade agreement (FTA) with China. “It is important to open up as much as possible for the business world.…
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eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 25 January 2023–Trinidad & Tobago Energy Minister Stuart Young on Monday proposed a Caribbean energy alliance with neighboring countries Guyana and Suriname that could reshape the region’s energy security. Speaking at a Trinidad and Tobago energy conference that included Guyana President Irfaan Ali. Young said the alliance could bring oil and gas resources…
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Brazil could teach Paramaribo eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 24 january 2023–Brazilian Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin currently acting as President while Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in Argentina for the CELAC meeting, met in Brasilia with the Executive Vice-president of the European Commission Frans Timmermans. He addressed deepening of bilateral relations, in the framework of the 2007 strategic…
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Great Proliferation Chance for Suriname THE COMMUNITY OF LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN STATES (CELAC) is an intergovernmental mechanism for dialogue and political agreement, which includes permanently thirty-two countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is a regional forum that brings together all of Latin America and the Caribbean countries. Celac aspires to be a unique…
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Auction in New York eyesonsuriname Three documents that cleared the way for the British to take New Amsterdam in exchange for Suriname from the Dutch in the 17th century. If you bought the 1664 deed — officially, a charter laying claim to a great deal of land — you would not own Manhattan. If you…
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Norway and Suriname eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, January 21st 2023–In the late 1950s, very few people believed that the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) might conceal rich oil and gas deposits. However, the discovery of gas at Groningen in the Netherlands in 1959 caused people to revise their thinking on the petroleum potential of the North Sea. The Groningen…
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Puts Guyana on the map eyesonsuriname Amsterdam January 21 2023 — UK’s British Petroleum has been awarded a contract to market Guyana’s share of oil produced at the Liza Destiny and Liza Unity platforms, reports Oilprice. With 11 billion barrels found to date, Guyana is home to one of the largest oil discoveries over the…
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What does that mean for the digital economy? eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, 21 January 2023 — Many cryptocurrency adopters have long known that digital, decentralized finance (DeFi) is going to be significant to the future of money. The rest of the world appears to be catching up. Even legacy institutions have begun offering investors access to crypto…
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