Tag: Suriname

• Monday, July 7th 2025 - 19:58 UTC

  Suriname Assembly chooses first-ever female president

  

  Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, a 71-year-old physician and congresswoman, has been elected as Suriname's first female president by the country's National Assembly on Sunday. She ran unopposed and will be inaugurated on July 16.

• Thursday, June 13th 2024 - 10:31 UTC

  Several companies trying to replicate Guyana's oil boom success in Suriname

  

  Will Suriname become another oil boom province as neighboring Guyana? Wood Mackenzie hydrocarbons consultants believe it to be possible but exploration efforts have taken longer and the extraordinary Stabroek Block success and its dozen discoveries from the ex British colony has yet to be replicated.

• Wednesday, May 31st 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  South American Presidents sign Brasilia Consensus

  

  After the Summit of South American leaders in Brasilia, the 11 attending presidents reached a consensus on cooperation and integration in the region.

• Monday, February 20th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  Brazil has deja-vu feelings about Suriname riots

  

  The Brazilian government of President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Siva condemned during the weekend Friday's events in Paramaribo, Suriname, where scores of rioters stormed the Congress building in an episode that somehow echoed the Jan. 8 events in Brasilia.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazil wants to team Guyana and Suriname oil and gas in a regional energy corridor

  

  Brazil is betting strongly to become the main player in the development of oil and gas production in its northeast corner, where the state of Amapá shares proximity with French Guiana, Suriname, and Guyana, these two of which are set to become significant players in the hydrocarbons business.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  ECLAC needs to set aside four rogue countries to measure inflation for year 2021

  

  Inflation in Latin America for the year 2021 was way above projections, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has said in a report issued from its Santiago headquarters.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 20:45 UTC

  Brazil tempted by the success of the Suriname and Guyana oil basin developments

  

  Exploration and development of oil and gas resources in the ex Dutch colony of Suriname, now an independent country, was the main point of the agenda addressed by Brazilian foreign minister Carlos Franca and his Surinamese peer Albert Randim, during a meeting held in Brasilia.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Chinese embassies in Suriname and Guyana accuse Pompeo of smearing Beijing

  

  China's embassies to Suriname and Guyana accused US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of “spreading rumors” and “smearing” Beijing, after Washington's top diplomat criticized Chinese companies during a four-stop South America tour.

• Wednesday, July 15th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Suriname elects new president replacing four decades of dictator Bouterse

  

  Mercosur associate, Suriname elected a new president Monday, ending the dictatorial rule of Desi Bouterse. Chan Santokhi, an Indian-origin former police chief, won a landslide victory in the general elections conducted in the country in May.

• Saturday, January 11th 2020 - 09:56 UTC

  Major oil discovery offshore Suriname next to Guyana's prolific Stabroek's block

  

  Apache Corp and Total SA announced they had made a major oil discovery in a closely watched area off the coast of South America’s Suriname, sending Apache’s shares surging nearly 27%.