Guyana in the late 1990s had rejected The Netherlands’ request to arrest controversial ex-Surinamese military strongman, Dési Bouterse on the grounds that it would not have been in this ...

Former President of Guyana, Donald Ramotar on Saturday said human rights atrocities in the Gaza, West Bank of the Jordan River and in the Ukraine-Russia conflict by “imperialist” ...

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

Suriname's government announced Saturday that the small South American nation will not hold a state funeral for its ex-president Desi Bouterse, who this week died a fugitive from justice aged 79.

Rising to prominence in a 1980 coup, Bouterse's rhetoric of unity was overshadowed by 1982's December Murders, where 15 of his political opponents were executed in a harrowing display of unchecked ...

Desi Bouterse, a former dictator and later president of Suriname who was convicted of murder and drug trafficking, died on Tuesday at age 79.

Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname, then returned to power by ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges ...

FILE - Suriname's President Desi Bouterse, re-elected to a second, five-year term, attends his swearing-in ceremony in Paramaribo, Suriname, Aug. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Ertugrul Kilic, File ...

Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname and then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges of drug smuggling and ...