Debe is a town in south Trinidad located north of Penal and south of San Fernando. As the town of Debe has grown it has merged to some extent with Penal. Debe is an important in the wholesale marketing of agricultural produce, and was formerly important in sugar cane production. Debe is also widely known for doubles and other Indian delicacies. The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a nation located in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Venezuela. ... The City of San Fernando is one of the two cities which exist in the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ... Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... The Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of more than one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. ...
DeBeers is a corporation which was set-up by Cecil Rhodes, the British explorer and adventurer who gave his name to the African country of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and to Rhodes scholarships (the darker side of these scholarships will be made evident with the presentation of the elitist bent of Rhodes and DeBeers).
DeBeers officially and through the mouth of its leader Oppenheimer, always took the position that it was opposed to Apartheid.
DeBeers has also undermined the government of other diamond rich African nations and helped enrich their presidents to the tune of several billions of dollars while their population had to beg money from the UN and the World Bank to survive (the relationship with Soviet Russia is also quite interesting).
DeBeers SA, the huge diamond company, pleaded guilty yesterday to price fixing and agreed to pay $10 million to settle a 10-year-old indictment, which paves the way for the company to start doing business directly with the American market.
DeBeers is the biggest diamond mining operation in the world, but its dominance of the world's diamond market has been declining in recent years as new mines have opened in Russia, Canada and Australia, and as new varieties of synthetic diamonds -- both industrial and gem quality -- are being created.
"DeBeers may recognize that market dynamics are going to change with the introduction of cultured diamonds," said Robert C. Linares, chairman of Apollo Diamond Inc., one of the few makers of new, high-quality synthetic diamonds for both the jewelry and technology markets.
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