AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoOil & Gas Watch: Guyana’s maritime regulator says ExxonMobil will keep drilling the Barreleye-3 exploration well in the Stabroek Block from June 13 to likely Aug. 31, with the project building on earlier Barreleye-1 discovery and 2025 appraisal work. Wildlife Crime: A report highlights sophisticated trafficking networks moving endangered golden lion tamarins from Brazil via routes that include Togo and Suriname, using forged documents and exploiting loopholes. Agribusiness Debate: A Suriname-focused commentary warns that promises from foreign agribusiness—jobs, modernization, prosperity—often come with forest loss, polluted rivers, and lost local control, urging stronger food security and protection of forests and rivers. Trade & Payments: Visa appoints Jorge Salum to lead expanded Greater Caribbean operations across 22 markets, as the region pushes deeper into electronic payments and financial inclusion. Logistics Reform: Suriname’s Postmaster General Algernon Gomes says postal and customs delays are driven by incomplete or late advance shipping data, and outlines steps to tighten HS/value declarations and improve pre-arrival transmission. Regional Finance: The IFC confirms a US$15m investment in a CARICOM resilience debt fund aimed at SME lending and resilience projects.
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