He took power in a military coup in 1980 and later served as the country’s president. He was also convicted of ordering the ...

Suriname's fugitive ex-President Desi Bouterse has died aged 79, the country's government said on Wednesday, almost a year ...

Suriname's fugitive former President Desi Bouterse has died aged 79, the country's government said on Wednesday, almost a ...

Suriname's fugitive former President Desi Bouterse has died aged 79, the country's government said on Wednesday, almost a ...

Desi Bouterse, the former dictator and later elected president of Suriname, who became a fugitive of justice for the killing ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname then ...

He was 79. Suriname's President Chan Santokhi on Wednesday reflected on Bouterse's outsized legacy in a message of condolences to his family and called on the nation to "keep calm and maintain ...

A Cuban national recently passed away in Suriname, leaving his family grappling with the challenge of returning his body to Cuba. Fernando Orasma Sánchez, affectionately known as "Nando," died on ...

He was 79. Suriname’s President Chan Santokhi on Wednesday reflected on Bouterse’s outsized legacy in a message of condolences to his family and called on the nation to “keep calm and maintain order.” ...

The small South American country of Suriname plans to share revenues from newly discovered oil- and gasfields off its coast. After several discoveries of oil reserves by an offshore drilling ...