AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoMaritime Safety & Indigenous Connectivity: A letter and follow-up piece revisit the July 18 capsizing of the MV Barima off Guyana’s Essequibo Coast, with 76 rescued and 73 bodies recovered so far, while the wreck remains stuck in soft mud—raising questions about long-running ferry delays and breakdowns that have hit remote routes serving indigenous communities. Anti-Drug & Customs Enforcement: France’s “Customs Plan 2030” is set to roll out from 2027, with 15 more posts at the Grand Port Maritime de la Guyane, a leased Beechcraft for high-seas monitoring, and a high-capacity mobile scanner to boost container screening—after last year’s seizures in French Guiana. Aviation Links for Cayenne: Air France will add a new nonstop Pointe-à-Pitre–Panama City route from Dec. 11, 2026, timed to connect passengers from Cayenne via Pointe-à-Pitre and onward through COPA’s Panama hub. Illegal Mining Crackdown: Brazil is using “gold fingerprinting” forensic lab work to trace seized gold back to protected areas, aiming to curb illegal Amazon mining and mercury contamination. Regional Drug Route Claims: Venezuelan authorities allege Suriname is a transit point in a cocaine corridor to Europe via Guyana, including an illegal airstrip used to move narcotics.
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