Protesters storm Suriname parliament over high fuel prices
February 17, 2023 GMTPARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators stormed Suriname’s parliament, broke windows and looted nearby businesses Friday to protest high fuel and electricity prices in the South American nation.
Former Suriname Vice President Ashwin Adhin arrested
November 17, 2020 GMTPARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Former Vice President Ashwin Adhin has been arrested in an investigation into the alleged destruction of equipment in the vice presidential office after his party lost power in the May elections, President Chandrikapersad Santokhi said Monday.
Court convicts Suriname leader in killings of 15 opponents
November 29, 2019 GMTPARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — A court in the South American country of Suriname convicted President Desi Bouterse on Friday in the 1982 killings of 15 political opponents and sentenced him to 20 years in prison...