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ing that relations with Suriname which
has traditionally preferred closer ties
with ‘mother country’, The Netherlands,
have never been closer, facilitated in large
part with the late May election defeat of
former military strongman Desi Bouterse.
The US had politically despised
Bouterse.
Pompeo had pulled no punches in
indicating that the US was glad to see
the back of Bouterse and was ready to
embrace the new administration and
muscle out China and other rivals vying
for the massive business and investment
opportunities that should flow from oil
and gas becoming Suriname’s largest
industry in about a decade.
“This is the first time that six American
government agencies are simultaneously
on a mission in Suriname. This is
historic and it highlights how seriously
the United States (US) takes its relations
with Suriname,” said team leader
Michael Boehler told local De Ware Tijd
newspaper. He is the CEO of the finance
bank.
The issue of support for America’s
foreign policy to Venezuela did come up
during the visit to the two, in Guyana in
particular because it shares a border with
Venezuela and has a decades old territorial
dispute but Pompeo had also said he
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was visiting to clear the way for American
investors to take advantage of large infrastructure
projects such as offshore support
for rigs, seismic vessels, office space,
heavy machinery acquisition, housing for
expatriate families and onshore facilities
among other areas.
Guyana in mid 2015 found a
humungous amount of sweet, light
high quality offshore through American
supermajor ExxonMobil and a consortium
drilling nearly 20 large wells. Actual
production and oil exports began in late
December of last year. Preparations are
underway for production from at least
two other fields over the next three
years, while a slew of other companies
are also lining up to drill wells in fields
near Exxon’s.
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they make their voices heard by Nov. 3,”
the group continued.
Joining the discussion on Zoom will
be: Yvette Clarke, Democratic Member of
the US House of Representatives; Maurice
Mitchell, National Director, Working
Families Party; Michele Jawando,
attorney, public policy expert & social
justice advocate; Joanne Antoine, executive
director, Common Cause Maryland;
Melissa Noel, award-winning journalist
and Caribbean correspondent; and Marlon
Hill, Miami attorney and past president,
Caribbean Bar Association.
The Zoom registration link is: https://
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Event sponsors: Global Jamaica
Diaspora Youth Council; CaribBEING;
National Alliance for the Advancement
of Haitian Professionals; CaribNation
Television; Caribbean-American PAC;
Trinidadian and Tobago Diaspora Associations
Network; Jamaica Diaspora
Northeast; Carry On Friends Podcast;
Institute of Caribbean Studies; Avanse
Ansanm; Irie Jam; Jay Blessed Media
LLC; Caribbean Cargo DC; District of
the Caribbean; Jamaican Association
of Maryland; and Jamaica Land We
Love.
The Caribbean American Vote Planning
Committee members comprise:
Mona-Lee Belizaire, commissioner and
co-chair of the Emerging Leaders Program
with the Montgomery County
Commission for Women and Regional
Youth Leader for the NE USA on the
Global Jamaica Diaspora Youth Council,
and founder of Pearls of Potential,
Inc., a mission-based organization that
provides support and services to adolescent
mothers in the developing world
through capacity building, advocacy and
mentoring.
Joanne Antoine joined Common
Cause Maryland in January 2017, managing
state outreach and engagement for
key policy campaigns, specifically around
money in politics and voting rights. She
now serves as executive director, where
she is responsible for creating and implementing
the Maryland organization’s
policy campaigns and building its capacity.
She has worked as an organizer,
trainer, and trainer in numerous capacities
both in the US / Haiti and is focused
on engaging the Caribbean Diaspora,
specifically young women, in politics.
D’shawna Bernard has spent over a
decade shaping a career that is dedicated
to progressive politics and partnerships.
She has worked for the Congressional
Black Caucus Foundation, the Democratic
National Convention Committee,
Hillary for America, Abrams for Governor
and served as a special advisor on Senator
Elizabeth Warren’s Political Team for
her Senate re-election campaign. Most
recently she served as the national director
of Black Outreach for Senator Warren’s
Presidential campaign.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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