OIL RICH GUYANA, SURINAME KEY TO SAVING CARIBBEAN FROM ‘MERCY OF OTHER COUNTRIES’

Guyana and Suriname, the Caribbean’s newest oil-rich states, plan to develop their natural gas resources together. With the help of Trinidad and Tobago, which has been selling natural gas for years and is now capitalising on shortfalls emerging from the Ukraine/ Russia crisis, the three countries could be able to save the wider Caribbean region from the sheer mercy of other nations. Other nations, in the past, cut supplies and hiked prices when hard times hit. At the ongoing Suriname oil and gas summit in Paramaribo, partnerships among the three countries have been a central focus. Vishani Ragobeer joins us from Suriname…