Why Guyana’s Plastic Crisis Is a Foreign Investor’s Greenfield Opportunity By the time Guyana’s oil economy reaches full stride, the country faces a paradox: becoming one of South America’s fastest-growing economies while simultaneously drowning in its own waste. For the shrewd foreign investor, that contradiction is not a problem — it is a business model.…
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eyesonguyana In the bustling streets of Georgetown, Guyana, where plastic bags and bottles often litter the sidewalks, one woman dared to imagine a different future. Alana Bunbury-Walton dreamed of a country where sustainability wasn’t just a buzzword, but a way of life. Her vision took shape in JARS Zero Waste Store, Guyana’s first zero-waste shop.…
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🌱 Climate & CO₂ Credits Oil revenues can be reinvested into protecting Guyana’s vast forests, positioning the country as a global leader in carbon credits. By funding monitoring systems, reforestation, and carbon trading infrastructure, Guyana can balance its oil wealth with climate stewardship—earning both financial returns and international credibility. 🌾 Modern Agriculture & Food Safety…
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Why Suriname can’t take off eyesonguyana They share a border, a coastline, a geology, and a dream. Both Guyana and Suriname sit perched on the northern rim of South America, two small, sparsely populated nations that for most of their post-colonial histories ranked among the poorest on the continent. Then the offshore drilling rigs arrived,…
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How Guyana Could Be the Biggest Winner of the Strait of Hormuz Crisis eyesonguyana Amsterdam, April 14, 2026– While the world holds its breath watching U.S. Navy destroyers patrol the choke point that carries a fifth of the planet’s oil, a small South American nation tucked between Venezuela and Brazil is quietly sitting on one…
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How Cerebras Is Betting Big on Guyana’s AI Future eyesonguyana There is a small country on the northeastern shoulder of South America that most people couldn’t locate on a map a decade ago. Today, Guyana is one of the fastest-growing economies on earth, its fortunes transformed by a gusher of offshore oil wealth that arrived…
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How Guyana Is Spending Its Oil Windfall on Innovation A nation of fewer than a million people is quietly positioning itself as South America’s AI capital. Here’s how it’s doing it — and what its neighbor next door could learn. eyesonguyana In 2019, Guyana struck oil. Not a little oil — an extraordinary gusher of…
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ENRICH in LAC in Argentina — and the Paradox of Milei Argentina brings to ENRICH in LAC one of the most remarkable science ecosystems in the developing world. Its new president is simultaneously dismantling that ecosystem at home and racing to open the doors to Europe like no Argentine leader before him. eyesonguyana There is…
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A conservative revolution in Santiago meets one of the most ambitious Europe–Latin America innovation bridges ever built. eyesonguyana When José Antonio Kast strode to the podium in Santiago on the night of December 14, 2025, waving a Chilean flag before a jubilant crowd, few observers were thinking about science policy. His campaign had been dominated…
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How ENRICH in LAC and Uruguay Are Rewriting the Rules of Global Innovation Where Europe meets Latin America, a quiet revolution in science, technology, and sustainability is underway — and Uruguay is at its centre. eyesonguyana A Network Built for the Future In a world where breakthrough discoveries rarely happen in isolation, the European Network…
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