Month: July 2025

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Why East Timor Turned to Norway

And Namibia Now Looks to Guyana eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, July 14th 2025– When East Timor became independent in 2002, it faced a major challenge: how to manage its vast offshore oil and gas reserves without falling into the familiar traps of corruption, waste, and inequality. The country’s leaders made an unusual move. Instead of turning to former…
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The Promise  and the Future of History

Suriname and the Future of the Global South By Anton JieSamFoek eyesonsuriname In The Future of History, political philosopher Francis Fukuyama raises a pivotal question: Can societies achieve prosperity and democracy without first building a strong, legitimate state? This question strikes at the heart of the challenges facing many nations in the Global South—Suriname among them. Suriname…
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Crime Costs IN Latin America & the Caribbean

More than three quarters of the Education Budget eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, July 7th 2025–  Direct costs of crime in 2022 reached 3.44% of the region’s GDP, or so says the IDB study. It also says that the cost of crime is equivalent to 78% of the public budget for education, double the public budget for social assistance and 12 times…
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When AI Overshadows the Media: Who Really Benefits?

When AI Overshadows the Media: Who Really Benefits?

Opinion By Anton JieSamFoek The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) marks a quiet earthquake in the media industry. Articles are written faster and cheaper than ever. Images appear on command. Voices echo out of nowhere. The technology is impressive — and dangerous in its confidence. AI sounds like it knows what it’s talking about. It uses language…
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Re-organisation Meta

New Superintelligence Lab Created eyesonsuriname Amsterdam  July 1st – Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reorganized the company’s artificial intelligence efforts under a new division called Meta Superintelligence Labs, according to a source on Monday.  The division will be headed by Alexandr Wang, former CEO of data labeling startup Scale AI. He will be the chief AI officer of the…
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