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Paramaribo · ParamariboSuriname President Chan Santokhi confirmed to local media this week that he shuttered a pilot program setting aside 30,000 hectares (74,131 acres) for 50 Mennonite families. The three-year pilot program worried opposition politicians, conservation groups and Indigenous communities. The Mennonites have a history of contributing to widespread deforestation in other parts of Latin America.See the Story
Suriname cancels controversial Mennonite pilot program, but bigger problems loom
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Suriname · SurinameThe Surinamese Court of Justice will decide today whether Desi Bouterse's 20-year prison sentence remains. The former president was convicted of the December murders at the end of last year, but is not in prison. He is a fugitive.See the Story
Court rules today on 20-year prison sentence for (fugitive) Bouterse
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Paramaribo · ParamariboHet is vandaag twee maanden geleden dat de Surinaamse politie een opsporingsbericht uitvaardigde voor de veroordeelde Desi Bouterse. De oud-president en voormalig legerleider werd in december veroordeeld tot een gevangenisstraf van twintig jaar voor zijn rol bij de Decembermoorden. Maar Bouterse kwam op 12 januari niet opdagen bij de gevangenis om zijn straf uit te zitten. Sindsdien is hij spoorloos. Woensdag werd Bouterse ook op de internationa…See the Story
Bouterse: More than two months in advance, another Suriname refugee
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