Suriname's former dictator Desi Bouterse died of liver failure at age 79, an official autopsy revealed. Bouterse died either ...
Desi Bouterse, a former dictator and later president of Suriname who was convicted of murder and drug trafficking, died on ...
He took power in a military coup in 1980 and later served as the country’s president. He was also convicted of ordering the ...
Suriname's government announced Saturday that the small South American nation will not hold a state funeral for its ...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname then ...
Desi Bouterse, the former dictator and later elected president of Suriname, who became a fugitive of justice for the killing of political opponents, has died at 79, the government said Wednesday.
disrupting life in Suriname. Ronnie Brunswijk, a former bodyguard of Bouterse, took up arms in 1986 in a bid to oust the dictator. For six years, the country’s jungles were torn by a civil war ...
Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname and then returned to power by ...