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Suriname's former President Desi Bouterse (C) and his wife Ingrid Bouterse-Waldring attend a rally at his NDP party centre, where he asked supporters to calmly wait for the High Court of Justice verdict in his appeals case against the Court Martial, in Paramaribo, on Dec. 16, 2023. The prosecution repeated the demand for 20-years jail time for his involvement in the murder of 15 people when he ruled in 1982 during his military government.

Barbados

Major probe into details of former dictator’s death

By Bert Wilkinson

Former Suriname president Desi Bouterse speaks during a news conference after the Court Martial of Suriname confirmed a 20-year jail sentence for his involvement in the murder of 15 people while he ruled in 1982 during his military government, in Paramaribo, Suriname, Aug. 31, 2021.

St Kitts and Nevis

Suriname’s Former President Desi Bouterse dies in hiding

By Bert Wilkinson

Suriname's Minister of Foreign Affairs Albert Ramchand Ramdin attends a plenary session during the Summit on peace in Ukraine, at the luxury Burgenstock resort, near Lucerne, on June 16, 2024.

Suriname

US sanctions Surinamese companies

By Bert Wilkinson

Former Suriname president Desi Bouterse speaks during a news conference after the Court Martial of Suriname confirmed a 20-year jail sentence for his involvement in the murder of 15 people while he ruled in 1982 during his military government, in Paramaribo, Suriname, Aug. 31, 2021.

Suriname

Bouterse’s home raided

By Bert Wilkinson

One of ExxonMobil's oil rigs off the coast of Guyana.

Guyana

Guyana now third largest per-capita oil producer in the world

By Bert Wilkinson

Workers at Piarco international Airport, Trinidad, load a Venezuelan military plane with food products on June 23, 2016, in the first airlift of goods to be taken to Sucre state, Venezuela, aimed at bringing relief to a critical food shortage in that country

Trinidad & Tobago

Drone barely misses airline over Trinidad

By Bert Wilkinson

Keith Rowley, Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister, speaks during a plenary session of the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, June 10, 2022.

Trinidad & Tobago

US, T&T agree to military deals

By Bert Wilkinson

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley.

Trinidad & Tobago

Bring Trinis home from Syria says MP

By Bert Wilkinson

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Alphonso Browne delivers a national statement during the high level segment on day three of the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference at Baku Stadium on Nov. 13, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Antigua

World Court gets involved in climate change issues

By Bert Wilkinson

Guyana's President Mohamed Irfaan Ali speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, Nov. 2, 2021.

Guyana

Guyana-Venezuela square off again, this time in court

By Bert Wilkinson

Aerial view of the pavilion at the Peoples Temple compound in Jonestown, Guyana, where more than 900 members of the cult, led by Reverend Jim Jones, died from drinking cyanide-laced Kool Aid, Nov. 25, 1978.

Guyana

Row over Jonestown mass suicide site

By Bert Wilkinson

Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Phillip Davis.

Bahamas

Bahamas, TCI, Grenada say no to Trump deportee plans

By Bert Wilkinson

Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Phillip Davis.

Bahamas

US uncovers major Bahamian drug smuggling ring – several indicted

By Bert Wilkinson

Jamaica's Prime Minister, Andrew Holness.

Jamaica

Republic bill ready

By Bert Wilkinson

Then Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamala Persad-Bissessar gestures towards media representatives during a welcome ceremonial at The Presidential Palace in New Delhi on Jan. 6, 2012.

St Kitts and Nevis

Caribbean also has a Donald Trump

By Bert Wilkinson

Keith Rowley, Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister, speaks during a plenary session of the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, June 10, 2022.

Grenada

No safe harbors

By Bert Wilkinson

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