Suriname

Suriname backtracks on building Jerusalem embassy
The Latin American country had said it does not have the funds to build the controversial embassy.
Published On 24 Jun 2022
Landmark pact to protect Amazon rainforest shows little progress
The Leticia Pact signed by 7 South American Amazonian nations was supposed to protect the world’s largest rainforest.
Published On 6 Sep 2021
Deforestation razed eight percent of Amazon in 18 years: Study
The destruction is fuelled by logging, farming, ranching, mining and infrastructure projects on forest land.
Published On 8 Dec 2020
Pompeo asks Suriname, Guyana to favour US business over China
Pompeo becomes the first US secretary of state to visit the two South American states where oil was recently discovered.
Published On 18 Sep 2020

A big win for the opposition would likely end the longtime rule of President Bouterse, who was convicted of murder.

The charismatic president stands a fair chance of holding onto power as the country elects a new National Assembly.

As elections loom and protests rattle the region, here are the stories to look out for this year.

Desi Bouterse found guilty of killing 15 political opponents in 1982, two years after he seized power in a coup.

As controversial new leaders find their feet and crises continue, here are the stories to look out for this year.

Foreign Minister Stef Blok calls Suriname ‘a failed state’ and says ethnic divisions are genetically determined.

Dino Bouterse tells US court he offered US agents posing as Hezbollah group a base in his country in elaborate sting.

Prosecutors charged Dino Bouterse with inviting people he thought were from Hezbollah to set up base in his country.

President Desi Bouterse says his son was arrested in the US on cocaine-trafficking charges to disrupt a regional summit.

Argentine state prosecutor says Iran tried to infiltrate eight countries in the region to carry out attacks.

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