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[quote=cebuan;50908733]I The Surinamese are conscious of their poor governing administration, and are in fact envious of the Guyanese, which by comparison is doing quite well, including a seemingly efficient universal health care plan.
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Interestingly enough Guyanese think that Suriname is better off and in fact tens of thousands of Guyanese actually live there. Few Surinamers live in Guyana.
Suriname has current problems because of a perfect storm of low gold and oil prices and the closure of the aluminum plant. But prior to that they were much better off than Guyana.
Both of these countries have "interesting" governments with an intrigue that would make a good 007 movie. Drug lords are never far away from the politicians in either country.
Actually Guyana has more PPP than Bolivia according to both the IMF and the World Bank. Colombia has about double both. Colombia is practically equal to Brazil in PPP, literally only $10 dollars away from the upper middle income threshold, Suriname is not too far off with $880 dollars from the threshold. http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPPC@WEO/THA
Both Colombia and Brazil have some of the world's most unequal income distribution so higher PPP doesn't necessarily mean that the average person is better off than some one in Guyana/Suriname. Both Guyana and Suriname have decent sized Brazilian populations.
I have some interest in doing tourism there, also, in Trinidad and Tobago, since both places are relatively close to Colombia. I wonder how much it would cost.
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Originally Posted by caribny
Both Colombia and Brazil have some of the world's most unequal income distribution so higher PPP doesn't necessarily mean that the average person is better off than some one in Guyana/Suriname. Both Guyana and Suriname have decent sized Brazilian populations.
It's just a matter of checking what % of people is under the poverty line of 2 USD PPP (for example) in said countries.
Both Colombia and Brazil have some of the world's most unequal income distribution so higher PPP doesn't necessarily mean that the average person is better off than some one in Guyana/Suriname. Both Guyana and Suriname have decent sized Brazilian populations.
They are gold miners from norther brazilian stats borders.
About the unequal income, the average person has really the average income the problem is the poorest who is miserable almost in the same level than the poorest in the poorest countries of the world.
Suriname is a place you don't here much about. Is anyone from there on CD? Or anybody been there? I looked it up on the internet and still didn't find much. The stuff I saw made it seem like it is kind of dangerous or very high crime. It seems that the president is a convicted drug trafficker and suspected of murder. It does look like it probably has great foods, but one the articles I saw on the web thought the restaurants were pretty unremarkable.
HOT, bloody awful, stinking HOT. Unlike the USofA, where they can easily get into office, commit crimes and get re-elected, in LATAM most presidents are convicted or soon will be of corruption charges.
They are gold miners from norther brazilian stats borders.
About the unequal income, the average person has really the average income the problem is the poorest who is miserable almost in the same level than the poorest in the poorest countries of the world.
I wasn't aware that being from Roraima or from Belem meant that someone was less Brazilian. Many now seem to be permanently resident in Guyana. Many are also encountering socio economic problems that has resulted in the Guyana government having to attend to their needs. Evidently some of their fellow Brazilian employers aren't too kind.
HOT, bloody awful, stinking HOT. Unlike the USofA, where they can easily get into office, commit crimes and get re-elected, in LATAM most presidents are convicted or soon will be of corruption charges.
The USA now has a president who will be little better than Mugabe by the time he finishes corrupting the courts by pushing in his incompetent cronies as judges. He tried to install a few of them who couldn't even argue a case in court. He has his family raiding the cookie jar using their access to the White House to concoct corrupt deals, even at times compromising the national security interests of the USA.
The USA turns out to be not that different from Brazil.
I wasn't aware that being from Roraima or from Belem meant that someone was less Brazilian. Many now seem to be permanently resident in Guyana. Many are also encountering socio economic problems that has resulted in the Guyana government having to attend to their needs. Evidently some of their fellow Brazilian employers aren't too kind.
You are really boring I didn't say they are ‘’less Brazilian’’ but people who live in borders areas in Latin America live a cross-border life, it is not the same of Brazilian are going there for better life, they are from there.
You are really boring I didn't say they are ‘’less Brazilian’’ but people who live in borders areas in Latin America live a cross-border life, it is not the same of Brazilian are going there for better life, they are from there.
The Suriname Brazil border is EMPTY. Almost no one lives there. The Brazilians living in Suriname come from the northeast as evidenced by the 4 weekly flights from Belem. Georgetown is hundreds of miles away from the border with Brazil and yet loads of Brazilians LIVE there, so many that there are businesses which cater to them.
So yes you do imply that these must be less Brazilian because this is NOT just about crossing a river. This is about traveling HUNDREDS of miles.
I had no idea Suriname drive on the left as I didn't think any countries in the Americas did. Why is that, France and Netherlands have always drove on the right to say nothing of the rest of South America.
You'll find quite a number of Caribbean nations that do. Jamaica, Bermuda for example.
Also the Bahamas - though most of their cars are LHD.
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