Suriname elects first female president amid economic uncertainty
Jennifer Geerlings-Simons to lead the impoverished Latin American country through crisis before oil wealth arrives.
![TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne, left, and Suriname President Chan Santokhi embrace after France's TotalEnergies and US APA Corp announced they would invest in Suriname's most promising oil and gas project, Block 58 [Ranu Abhelakh/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-10-01T160747Z_1028088505_RC2LBAA471Q0_RTRMADP_3_SURINAME-TOTALENERGIES-1732794875.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Deforestation razed eight percent of Amazon in 18 years: Study
The destruction is fuelled by logging, farming, ranching, mining and infrastructure projects on forest land.
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Pompeo asks Suriname, Guyana to favour US business over China
Pompeo becomes the first US secretary of state to visit the two South American states where oil was recently discovered.
Suriname election: Preliminary results show opposition winning
A big win for the opposition would likely end the longtime rule of President Bouterse, who was convicted of murder.
Suriname: Desi Bouterse, a convicted murderer, seeks another term
The charismatic president stands a fair chance of holding onto power as the country elects a new National Assembly.
Latin America in 2020: Stories to watch
As elections loom and protests rattle the region, here are the stories to look out for this year.
Suriname President Bouterse sentenced to 20 years for killings
Desi Bouterse found guilty of killing 15 political opponents in 1982, two years after he seized power in a coup.
Latin America in 2019: Stories to watch
As controversial new leaders find their feet and crises continue, here are the stories to look out for this year.
‘There are no peaceful multiethnic societies’: Dutch FM
Foreign Minister Stef Blok calls Suriname ‘a failed state’ and says ethnic divisions are genetically determined.
Suriname leader’s son admits ‘US attack plot’
Dino Bouterse tells US court he offered US agents posing as Hezbollah group a base in his country in elaborate sting.
US accuses Suriname president’s son of terror
Prosecutors charged Dino Bouterse with inviting people he thought were from Hezbollah to set up base in his country.
![The indictment said Bouterse had agreed to an initial payment of $2m to host a Hezbollah base [File: AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20131196271324734_20.jpeg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
