Presidential Linked Drugs shipments from Ecuador to Europe eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, March 28th 2025– A large-scale drug trafficking investigation, supported by Europol, led to the dismantling of an Ecuadorian criminal cell involved in supplying wholesale cocaine to the EU via major ports. The international operation, led by the Ecuadorian National Police (Policía Nacional del Ecuador), also involved the…
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Is “Perdeu Mané” becoming the New National Anthem in Zurich? eyesonbrasil Amsterdam, January 19th, 2025 – As Brazil’s Supreme Court President Luís Roberto Barroso embarks on an international journey, including attending the Brazil Economic Forum in Zurich, past incidents resurface, casting a shadow over his reputation. One such incident is his infamous remark “Perdeu, Mané”…
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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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eyesonsuriname A European infrastructure for carbon capture and storage is underway. Today, arrangements between Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Sweden allow cross-border transport and geological storage of captured CO2. Carbon capture and storage is a tool that can capture some of the emissions that are very difficult to prevent – and capturing those emissions…
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Norway leads eyesonproject Amsterdam, 29 april 2024 — ‘Plastic pollution is one of the fastest growing environmental problems in the world. We are now extending our initiative to combat plastic pollution in developing countries by providing up to NOK 1 billion over a period of four years’, said Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim. Plastic…
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The enigmatic Mr. Pedrosa antonfoek.com Amsterdam, April 21, 2024– The 60th Venice Art Biennale will take place until November 20 and, as usual, the organization has announced the curator more than a year and a half before the start and the theme of the upcoming biennale a year before the start.And also according to tradition, this…
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The European market’s evolving preference for crude oil, amidst changing global dynamics, has led to distinctions in the valuation of Guyana’s crude exports, particularly between Liza, Unity Gold, and Payara crude. Felipe Perez, Head of Latin America Fuels and Refining at S&P Global, and Pat Harrington, Latin America Crude Mortgage Editor at S&P Global, shed…
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The European Parliament voted on November 21st in a plenary session on long-awaited and debated climate policies. The Parliament has approved the Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) and the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), demonstrating its support for scaling up carbon dioxide removal (CDR) capacity in the EU – part of the bloc’s strategy in…
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How it became the world’s second largest exporter of food? The Netherlands is a small country in Northern Europe, home to just over 17 million people. A good part of the territory is below sea level, which is why it is famous for its engineering works to face the challenges of constant flooding. It is…
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How Xinjiang’s Uyghurs perennially bridge east and west Razib Khan On March 1, 2014, eight knife-wielding ethnic Uyghur assailants attacked passengers at a Kunming railway station in the province of Yunnan, China, killing 31 and wounding 143 others. Occurring deep in southern China, where Han are the overwhelming majority, the terror attack shocked the nation.…
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