Plans for a major mining project in western Suriname have sounded alarms in nearby Indigenous communities, who say that the ...

By Claire Moses Reporting from Amsterdam Desi Bouterse, the brutal former dictator turned populist president of Suriname who was convicted of murdering some of his political opponents, has died.

On the night before Christmas, December 24, 2024, former military ruler and twice-elected president of Suriname Desi Bouterse passed away at the age of 79, eliciting a spectrum of emotions across ...

Suriname's former President Desi Bouterse was convicted in 2019 for his role in the killings of 15 government critics, including lawyers and journalists [File: Ranu Abhelakh/Reuters] Published On ...

Desi Bouterse, the former dictator and later elected president of Suriname, who became a fugitive of justice for the killing of political opponents, has died at 79, the government said Wednesday.

Desi Bouterse, the former dictator of Suriname who was a fugitive from justice for the murder of political opponents four decades ago, has died at 79, the government said Wednesday (December 25 ...

Dec. 25 (UPI) --Desi Bouterse, a former dictator and later president of Suriname who was convicted of murder and drug trafficking, died on Tuesday at age 79. Suriname Vice President Ronnie ...

Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges of drug smuggling and murder ...

A local teenager, 19, drowned yesterday, December 26, at Kabeljous River mouth when he and two other boys were caught in a rip current. One of the boys, aged 13, was rescued by an angler, while the ...

Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname, then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges of drug smuggling and murder ...

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