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Lawmakers elected Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as Suriname’s first woman president on Sunday, after her party won the most seats in legislative elections in May. The...
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Opposition leader Jennifer Geerlings-Simons is set to become Suriname’s first woman president after her rivals decided Thursday against nominating their own candidate to lead...
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Voting began Sunday in Surinamese parliamentary elections that will determine who will harness giant oil wealth to carry out a rags-to-riches transformation of the...
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Suriname, South America’s smallest country, is preparing for an inflow of cash from a huge offshore oil find, with the president insisting the population...
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Suriname President Chan Santokhi has vowed days ahead of elections that his country will maintain its rare status as a carbon negative nation, despite...
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Suriname votes in parliamentary elections Sunday that will determine who oversees efforts for the next five years to transform the fortunes of one of...
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads Thursday to Guyana to offer to put the newly oil-rich nation under the US security umbrella as neighboring...
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Thousands of people lined the streets of Suriname’s capital Saturday for the funeral procession of Desi Bouterse, who led the country both as a...
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Suriname’s government announced Saturday that the small South American nation will not hold a state funeral for its ex-president Desi Bouterse, who this week...
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Desi Bouterse, the former dictator of Suriname who was a fugitive from justice for the murder of political opponents four decades ago, has died...