Samson Mow's first interview after orange pilling the Presidents of Colombia and Suriname
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Source: Reuters: Health - December 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
News report from Suriname: Jan3 meets President to discuss Bitcoin adoption
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Source: Reuters: Health - November 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suicide, Another Face of the Crisis in Venezuela
Suicide rates doubled in Venezuela during the harshest years of its humanitarian crisis. Males between the ages of 30 and 50, a productive age when it is very hard to be left without employment and income, are a group particularly vulnerable to self-inflicted violence. CREDIT: IhpiBy Humberto MárquezCARACAS, Nov 28 2023 (IPS) In the wee hours of one morning in early November, Ernesto, 50, swallowed several glasses of a cocktail of drugs and alcohol in the apartment where he lived alone in the Venezuelan capital, ending a life tormented by declining health and lack of resources to cope as he would have liked.
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Humberto Marquez Tags: Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Featured Financial Crisis Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies Latin America & the Caribbean Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Categories Suicide Venezuela Source Type: news
Investors Betting On Suriname ’s Offshore Discoveries
Guyana is the new hot topic for oil. In its shade could rise Suriname, a now poorer—and once much wealthier—neighbour. Industry giants APA Corporation (US) and TotalEnergies (France) have also found vast deposits of oil in its territorial waters. Creditors have produced an innovative “oil warrant”…#guyana #apacorporation #totalenergies #southamerica #latinamerica #dutch #brazil #venezuela #atlantic #caribbean (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What is China ’s Belt and Road Initiative and How Is It Changing?
Xi Jinping enhanced China’s sway in the world by lending money for infrastructure. Now he’s collecting debts and rethinking his signature aid initiative. China Invested $1 Trillion to Gain Global Influence. Can That Go On? China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, founded the Belt and Road Initiative a…#xijinping #africa #latinamerica #southerneurope #beltandroad #worldbank #beijing #bostonuniversitys #srilanka #suriname (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Strong Offshore Drilling Outlook Keeps Pushing Peak Oil To The Right
The outlook for growth of drilling in the deep ocean waters of the world continues to brighten as global demand for oil and natural gas keeps rising. From Brazil to Guyana and Suriname to West Africa and even the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, drilling and development of oil and gas prospects is in a global…#brazil #guyana #suriname #westafrica #usgulfofmexico #houston #nobledrilling #roberteifler #gulfofmexico #chapter11 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Where Contraceptive Needs Are Not Met
September 26 marks World Contraception Day. Africa has the highest unmet need for contraception in the world, defined as the share of sexually active, fertile women who do not have access to contraception but do not want a child at the moment or wish they…#africa #statistaasstatista #katharinabuchholz #lancet #western #centralafrica #haiti #bosnia #guyana #suriname (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suriname Wants to Strike Debt Deal With China in November
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Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Suriname prepares for its first offshore oil project that is expected to ease deep poverty
PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Suriname for the first time in its history will see offshore oil drilling in its waters after French company TotalEnergies on Wednesday announced a $9 billion project expected to boost the impoverished country’s economy and ease austerity measures imposed by the…#paramaribo #totalenergies #patrickpouyanné #apacorp #chansantokhi #southamerican #surinamesparliament #santokhi #annandjagesar #staatsolie (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why China Has a Giant Pile of Debt
During her visit to Beijing, Treasury secretary Janet L. Yellen, seen here meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, has tried to persuade China to cooperate more to address the debt crisis in lower-income countries. A major lender abroad, China is facing a debt bomb at home: trillions of dollars…#beijing #treasury #janetlyellen #liqiang #jpmorganchase #fitchratings #srilanka #pakistan #suriname #bradleyparks (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Menstrual Health and Hygiene Is Unaffordable for Poor Girls and Women in Latin America
This article is part of IPS coverage of Menstrual Hygiene Day celebrated on May 28. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Humberto Marquez Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Global Governance Headlines Health Human Rights IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Latin America & the Caribbean Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Cate Source Type: news
Norway under pressure to scale back fossil fuel expansion plans north sea
The Norwegian government is facing growing pressure to scale back its huge global fossil fuel expansion plans – including the development of a controversial new oilfield in the North Sea. Climate activists from around the world descended on Stavanger in Norway last week to attend the AGM of the…#norwegian #northsea #climate #stavanger #norway #agm #rosebank #brazil #suriname #laurenmacdonald (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The LGBTIQ+ Community Still Oppressed in Venezuela
LGBTIQ+ activists in Caracas protest outside the National Electoral Council, in charge of the civil registry, demanding enforcement of the legal statute that authorizes a change of name for trans, intersex or non-binary people. The agency has delayed compliance with the law for years. CREDIT: Observatory of ViolenceBy Humberto MárquezCARACAS, Mar 30 2023 (IPS) The vulnerability and struggles of the LGBTIQ+ community in Venezuela were once again highlighted when the Supreme Court finally annulled the military code statute that punished, with one to three years in prison, members of the military who committed ” acts a...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Humberto Marquez Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Latin America & the Caribbean LGBTQ Regional Categories Free LGBT Venezuela Source Type: news
Beatriz v. El Salvador Case Could Set Precedent on Abortion in Latin America
On Mar. 22, 2023, dozens of people watched a live broadcast from San José, Costa Rica, on a large screen at the University of El Salvador, in San Salvador, of the open hearing of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, listening to the testimony of witnesses in the Beatriz v. El Salvador case. The screenshot shows Beatriz's mother giving her testimony. CREDIT: Edgardo Ayala/IPSBy Edgardo AyalaSAN SALVADOR , Mar 24 2023 (IPS) An open hearing in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Beatriz v. El Salvador case is raising hopes that this country and other Latin American nations might overturn or at least mitigate...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Edgardo Ayala Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Crime & Justice Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Latin America & the Caribbean Regional Categories Women's Health Abortion El Salvador Inter-America Source Type: news
Hedge funds holding up vital debt relief for crisis-hit Sri Lanka, warn economists
Some of the world’s most powerful hedge funds and other investors are holding up vital help for crisis-hit Sri Lanka by their hardline stance in debt-relief negotiations after the Asian country’s $51bn (£42bn) default last year, according to 182 economists and development experts from around the…#greece #lebanon #guardian #thomaspiketty #srilankan #debtjustice #yannisvaroufakis #srilanka #suriname #jayatighosh (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
