What Colombia’s Rightward Turn Means for Guyana eyesonguyana On June 21, Colombians did something the country hasn’t done in generations: they handed the presidency to a hard-right outsider by the narrowest of margins. Abelardo de la Espriella — a criminal defense lawyer turned political phenomenon who calls himself “El Tigre” and was openly endorsed by…
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What a Fujimori Presidency Means for Latin America’s War on Drugs eyesonguyana June 2026 – In one of the closest elections in Peru’s modern history, Keiko Fujimori has clawed her way to the presidency by a margin so thin it can barely be measured — a few hundred votes out of nearly 20 million cast.…
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eyesonguyana Donald Trump is staging what he calls a “new offensive” against South America’s drug trade, welcoming Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro to Washington with the promise of tougher cooperation. But beneath the handshakes and photo ops lies a clash of visions—and a looming question: can Trump really bend Latin America to his will? Petro in…
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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…
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Now imposes the state of emergency over gang wars. eyesonsuriname Amsterdam, December 31st 2024– More than 60 people have been murdered so far this past month of december 2024 alone, bringing the total number of people killed in gun violence so far this year to 623 – the highest in more than a decade. There is no doubt in my mind that…
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Who gains who loses? eyesonproject: suriname, brasil, guyana and belize Amsterdam, 25 november 2024–Latin America and the Caribbean social and economic development remains heavily burdened by crime and violence, a new Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study shows. The direct costs of crime and violence in Latin America reached 3.44% of the region’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2022,…
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