Antonio do Brinco

Antonio do Brinco, also Albina 2,[1] is a garimpeiros (illegal gold prospectors) village in the Tapanahony resort of the Sipaliwini District of Suriname.

The village is located on the Lawa River,[2] and is next to Peruano,[3] and opposite Maripasoula in French Guiana.

[4] The village has grown rapidly in the early 21st century, and contains a string of supermarkets, restaurants, bars and brothels,[1] who cater to both the gold prospectors and neighbouring French Guiana, because of lower prices.

[5] There are no medical facilities in the village despite a high prevalence of HIV, malaria,[6] and during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was listed as a hot spot with many infections.

[7] As it was founded illegally, it is not listed as an official settlement[8] and therefore has no school, no electricity other than private Diesel generators, no clean water supply, and no police station.