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A Killer Within Easy Reach

June 10, 2025June 11, 2025Ted Alcorn and Alessandro FalcoComments Off on A Killer Within Easy Reach

Pesticides are a leading means of suicide. The tiny nation of Suriname is working to restrict access to one of the most common and dangerous ones.

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Marco Rubio Warns Venezuela Against Attacking Guyana Over ExxonMobil Deal

March 27, 2025March 28, 2025EDWARD WONGComments Off on Marco Rubio Warns Venezuela Against Attacking Guyana Over ExxonMobil Deal

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was visiting Guyana amid ExxonMobil’s oil production there. Venezuela has asserted claims to a large region of the country. Mr. Rubio later flew to Suriname.

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Desi Bouterse, Fugitive Former Dictator of Suriname, Dies at 79

December 25, 2024Claire MosesComments Off on Desi Bouterse, Fugitive Former Dictator of Suriname, Dies at 79

He took power in a military coup in 1980 and later served as the country’s president. He was also convicted of ordering the murder of 15 political opponents.

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Africa’s Debt Crisis Has ‘Catastrophic Implications’ for the World

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024Patricia CohenComments Off on Africa’s Debt Crisis Has ‘Catastrophic Implications’ for the World

Crushing obligations to foreign creditors that have few precedents have sapped numerous African nations of growth and stoked social instability.

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Gold Mining Is Poisoning the Planet With Mercury

September 22, 2023September 24, 2023Fabian Federl, Jack Nicas and Ian CheibubComments Off on Gold Mining Is Poisoning the Planet With Mercury

Ten years after an international treaty to ban mercury, the toxic metal continues to poison. The reason might have to do with your wedding ring.

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Mark Rutte Apologizes for Netherlands’ Role in Slave Trade

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022Claire MosesComments Off on Mark Rutte Apologizes for Netherlands’ Role in Slave Trade

People were “exploited and abused in the name of the Dutch state,” Mark Rutte said, but some descendants of enslaved people say the government did not involve them in the apology.

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Suriname Could Be Latest Big Oil Find as Industry Cuts Costs

January 20, 2021January 21, 2021CLIFFORD KRAUSSComments Off on Suriname Could Be Latest Big Oil Find as Industry Cuts Costs

The small South American country has become a hot prospect for oil companies looking to produce fossil fuels while spending less.

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A Battle of Singing Stars, With Wings and Feathers

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021ANATOLY KURMANAEVComments Off on A Battle of Singing Stars, With Wings and Feathers

Bird song competitions — a pastime that is closer to meditation than to competitive sports — are big in Suriname. Success requires years of training and an appreciation for a slower pace of life.

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Ronnie Brunswijk: Suriname Guerrilla Leader, Drug Baron … and Social Reformer?

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021ANATOLY KURMANAEVComments Off on Ronnie Brunswijk: Suriname Guerrilla Leader, Drug Baron … and Social Reformer?

Suriname’s vice president, Ronnie Brunswijk, has been many things. Now, he wants to be known as the man who will spread the country’s newfound oil wealth equitably.

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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.

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