Suriname

The number of Covid-19 positively tested Suriname persons will increase to around one hundred to one hundred and twenty cases per day over the next two weeks. After that, a decrease will start.   At least that is the expectation of the Surinamese authorities, they announced during a press conference in Paramaribo on Sunday evening. To make this forecast a reality, it is essential, according to Minister Amar Ramadhin of Public Health, that the Surinamese stick to the corona measures in the coming weeks. Only then is there a chance of a decrease in the number of cases, the minister said. To achieve this goal, the current measures, such as the curfew between 7 pm and 5 am, will apply for at least another week. Although the number of infections will undoubtedly increase in the coming ...

Former president of Suriname and ex-army leader Desi Bouterse regrets not seeing the shooting of fifteen political opponents in December 1982 coming.   "I'm not proud of that," he said on Monday during a court-martial in court in Paramaribo. It was the first time in court that Bouterse discussed the contents of the events 38 years ago, the so-called December murders. He did so by reading a statement. The heart of his argument was that the political opponents had been rounded up and later killed for preparing an enemy invasion. According to the former army chief, the court-martial never made any truth-finding. Important witnesses, such as the Dutchman Peter van Haperen, have never been heard. Also, incriminating information from the Netherlands, among others, has been ignored by ...