Digital Infrastructure & Cybersecurity: Blue NAP Americas and Cloud Carib are partnering to deliver sovereign cloud infrastructure for Caribbean governments and regulated institutions, combining Curaçao Tier IV data centre capacity with sovereign cloud, cybersecurity, disaster recovery and managed services. Mining & Public Health Risk: France is pressing for joint action with Suriname over illegal gold mining along the Marowijne border with French Guiana, citing extreme mercury and arsenic contamination and warning of escalating harm to Indigenous communities. Capital Markets & Debt Costs: Sri Lanka’s improved IIF debt transparency ratings are highlighted as a “transparency dividend” that can lower borrowing costs by reducing uncertainty for investors. Business Networking: CARICHAM (Caribbean Chambers of Commerce) elected Kiran Maharaj as new Chair, with Suriname’s Gino Naarden as Vice-Chair, aiming to turn regional trade facilitation into concrete business opportunities. Suriname Energy & Finance: Miata Metals upsized financing for its Sela Creek gold project in Suriname, with La Mancha Resource Fund planning to acquire a 19.9% stake. UNESCO & Heritage Pressure: UNESCO added new sites and placed several on its World Heritage in Danger list, including Historic Inner City of Paramaribo in Suriname, citing construction impacts. Maritime Drug Trafficking: A U.S. DEA assessment says strikes on drug-trafficking boats haven’t reduced cocaine supply to the U.S., with traffickers shifting routes toward aircraft and areas near coastlines, including routes involving Guyana and Suriname.