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Suriname (/ ˈsʊərɪnæm, - nɑːm / ⓘ SOOR-in-A (H)M, Dutch: [syːriˈnaːmə] ⓘ, Sranan Tongo: [sraˈnãŋ]), officially the Republic of Suriname (Dutch: Republiek Suriname [reːpyˈblik syːriˈnaːmə]), is a country in northern South America, sometimes considered part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. Suriname is a developing ...
This is a list of newspapers in Suriname. De Ware Tijd (Paramaribo) dwtonline.com. De West (Paramaribo) dagbladdewest.com. Dagblad Suriname (Paramaribo) dbsuriname.com. GFC Nieuws (Paramaribo) gfcnieuws.com. Lam Foeng in Chinese (Paramaribo) Star Nieuws (Paramaribo) starnieuws.com. Suriname Herald (Paramaribo) srherald.com.
The second Bouterse cabinet was inaugurated in 2015 amid a recession that would peak the following year. [9] The country's debt would end up nearly doubling between 2015 and 2019, [10] partially because of economic woes as well as increased government spending and hiring of new government employees, which then made up 53% of the country's workforce (with an average wage of under US$350 per ...
Dési Bouterse. Desiré Delano Bouterse[1] (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdeːsi ˈbʌutərsə]; born 13 October 1945) is a Surinamese military officer, politician, convicted murderer, and drug trafficker [2][3] who served as President of Suriname from 2010 to 2020. From 1980 to 1987, he was Suriname's de facto leader after conducting a military coup ...
Soon after Suriname obtained its independence, most Europeans returned to the Netherlands. Around 300,000 Surinamese also decided to move to Europe and take Dutch citizenship. [ 2 ] In February 1980 Dési Bouterse , head of the Surinamese military, staged a violent coup d'état against Prime Minister Henck Arron and Bouterse became de facto ...
Rank. Colonel. Jerry Slijngard is a Surinamese Army colonel and public official. [ 1] In 2003, he was appointed to head the National Coordination Centre for Emergency Management (NCCR). [ 2] In 2013, he was appointed to head the newly created Coast Guard. [ 3][ 4]
The Suriname Stock Exchange (SSX) is the stock exchange of Suriname. The exchange was established in 1994 by the Association for Securities Trading in Suriname (VvES), founded on January 1, 1994. [35] Stock trading does not occur daily but twice a month on the first and third Thursday. There are twelve companies listed on the exchange. [36]
Jules Sedney. Jules Sedney (28 September 1922 – 18 June 2020) was a Surinamese politician, and Prime Minister of Suriname from 20 November 1969 to 24 December 1973. In 1980, he became governor of the Central Bank of Suriname, [1] but had to flee the country in 1983 [2] after a dispute with Dési Bouterse. [3]