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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Paramaribo, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 36 stories have been published about Paramaribo which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Paramaribo, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 36 stories have been published about Paramaribo which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Paramaribo · Paramaribo

Fugitive Bouterse is no longer allowed to enter the US due to December murders

100% Right coverage: 2 sources

The fugitive Surinamese ex-president Desi Bouterse is no longer allowed to enter the US, as are six other former leaders in the Surinamese army. This was announced by the US Department of State. Four unnamed family members of the former soldiers are also no longer allowed to enter the country. The reason given by the ministry is that the seven men were involved in the torture and extrajudicial killings of political opponents in 1982, the so-call…See the Story

Paramaribo · Paramaribo

Suriname’s Resource Boom is Back on Track With First Oil Targeted for 2028

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Former Dutch colony Suriname shares the offshore Guyana Suriname Basin with the former British colony of Guyana, which is reaping a massive economic windfall from one of South America’s largest oil booms of recent times. Suriname’s government in Paramaribo is hungrily eyeing Guyana’s oil boom, which has propelled the country into the global league of major oil-producing and exporting nations, putting it on track to become one of the wealthiest n…See the Story

Paramaribo · Paramaribo

Column | Sorrow from the past, sadness for the future

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

There it finally was, Desi Bouterse: unfortunately not in the Santo Boma prison near Paramaribo, but on the NOS site: “The fugitive Surinamese...See the Story

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Military · Paramaribo

Former Surinamese president Bouterse ineligible to enter United States

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on former Surinamese President Desiré Delano Bouterse and six former Surinamese military officials for alleged “gross violations of human rights....See the Story

Paramaribo · Paramaribo

Suriname sentenced to apology and compensation Edgar Ritfeld

The Surinamese state has been sentenced by the judge to publicly apologise and pay compensation to ex-soldier Edgar Ritfeld because he was wrongly prosecuted as a co-suspect in the December murders. This is reported by the Surinamese daily De Ware Tijd.See the Story

Paramaribo · Paramaribo

Police officer among suspects after drugs found on Surinam Airways

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Police say that one of their colleagues is being questioned in relation to the discovery of  593 kilogrammes of cocaine on board a plane belonging to the national carrier, Surinam Airways (SLM) last month...See the Story

Netherlands · Netherlands

Claimants demand investigation and imprisonment of Bouterse.

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

In de strafzaak rond de Surinaamse Decembermoorden (1982) moeten Desi Bouterse en drie andere veroordeelden worden opgespoord zodat zij hun straf kunnen uitzitten. De nabestaanden van de vijftien slachtoffers vragen duidelijkheid over de inspanningen van het Openbaar Ministerie (OM) en president Chan Santokhi. In een open brief vragen zij hun om de krachten te bundelen en de samenleving te informeren.See the Story

Paramaribo · Paramaribo

Suriname’s ex-president fled murder conviction. His victims’ families want him found

Coverage: 2 sources

By Ank Kuipers PARAMARIBO (Reuters) – The families of Surinamese activists slain for their opposition to the government in the 1980s say decades of suffering and sluggish legal proceedings have been prolonged by the apparent inability of authorities to locate the man at the center of it all: former President Desi Bouterse. Bouterse, 78, dominated politics in the tiny South American country for decades, leading a coup in 1980 and finally leav…See the Story

Paramaribo · Paramaribo

RKC Waalwijk activist Etienne Vaessen surprised by choice for Suriname

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

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Paramaribo · Paramaribo

Surinaamse oud-vicepresident Jules Ajodhia (79) overleden

Former Surinamese Vice President Jules Ajodhia passed away on Friday morning in a hospital in Paramaribo, according to Surinamese media. President Chan Santokhi confirms the death of his party colleague to the news website Starnieuws. Ajodhia was 79.See the Story

Corruption · Paramaribo

Large-scale corruption case around drug affair Suriname: officer and head arrest team arrested.

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