He was 79. Suriname's President Chan Santokhi on Wednesday reflected on Bouterse's outsized legacy in a message of ...

Paramaribo, Suriname: Suriname's former dictator Desi Bouterse died ... Prosecutors said the body had been handed over to his ...

"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 ...

"The government has been informed through the family and its own investigations of the passing of Mr. D. Bouterse, ...

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. 13 ...

"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 ...

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