PARAMARIBO (Reuters) -Suriname's fugitive former President Desi Bouterse has died aged 79, the country's government said on ...

and International Cooperation Minister Albert Ramdin has said there will be no state funeral for the ex-president of Suriname, Desi Bouterse, who died on Tuesday last week. He told reporters that the ...

Bouterse was applauded by supporters for his charisma and populist social programs. For his opponents, he was a ruthless ...

Mr. Bouterse was a divisive figure in the former Dutch colony of Suriname: a national hero to some and a brutal dictator to others. Born to a poor family in Suriname’s sugar belt on Oct.

"The government has been informed through the family and its own investigations of the passing of Mr. D. Bouterse, ex-President of the Republic of Suriname," Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin told ...

Thousands of people lined the streets of Suriname's capital Saturday for the funeral procession of Desi Bouterse, who led the ...

a development which provided confirmation that Suri-name was on the threshold of becoming part of South America’s growing ‘petro family’. Based on the current pace of progress, Suriname’s ...

"We invite family, friends, party members and all those ... young army sergeant major after a coup in 1980, five years after Suriname gained independence following three centuries of Dutch ...

Paramaribo, Suriname: Suriname's former dictator Desi Bouterse died of liver failure at age ... Prosecutors said the body had ...