World Suriname Elects a New President, Ending Bouterse’s Long Rule July 13, 2020Anatoly Kurmanaev and Harmen BoerboomComments Off on Suriname Elects a New President, Ending Bouterse’s Long Rule Desi Bouterse has cast a long shadow over Suriname since its independence. Once a dictator, he returned as a populist, but fell in the face of the pandemic and an economic crisis.
