Tag: Suriname
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - LGBT citizenship in South America is made up of contrasts: there are countries recognizing trans identity but not accepting same-sex marriage. The reverse does not exist. Moreover, gender identity is better regarded by legislators...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian students and researchers launched a campaign this week urging the re-evaluation of the ban preventing them from traveling to France because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Some 300 prospective students at French universities have been...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With a high economic power concentration, São Paulo is the largest distribution center for counterfeit goods in Brazil.
Every week, thousands of counterfeit products are seized in Brazil. Nevertheless, the illegal market has never stopped...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Scientists are still unsure if the virus strain is more aggressive, but it is indirectly leading to more deaths due to the fact that it is more transmissible.
The coronavirus variant defined by the abbreviation...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Sovereign bond defaults have grown at a dizzying pace in Latin America since the beginning of the pandemic. First it was Ecuador, then Argentina, Suriname, Belize, then Suriname again, and Suriname once more.
In total,...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Interpol dealt a "major blow" to arms trafficking in Latin America in an operation that led to the seizure of more than 200,000 firearms, explosives, and other components in 13 countries in the region,...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to the UN, 42 economies that borrowed in capital markets have suffered sovereign downgrades since the beginning of the pandemic, being six developed countries, 27 emerging economies, and nine underdeveloped countries. In the...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The COVAX facility, launched by the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) to promote equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, announced on Wednesday, February 3rd, that it plans to distribute 337 million doses to low- and middle-income...
By Matthew Smith for Oilprice.com
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The tiny South American countries of Guyana and Suriname are the focus of Latin America’s latest oil boom. A slew of oil discoveries by ExxonMobil since 2015 in its offshore...
