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Bribery scandal casts shadow over Suriname government formation

By Bert Wilkinson

President Chan Santokhi of Suriname speaks during the high level sessions at day 9 as part of the 'COP16:Peace With Nature' at Valle Del Pacífico Event Center on Oct. 29, 2024 in Cali, Colombia.

Suriname

Deadly air crash

By Bert Wilkinson

President Chan Santokhi of Suriname speaks during the high level sessions at day 9 as part of the 'COP16:Peace With Nature' at Valle Del Pacífico Event Center on Oct. 29, 2024 in Cali, Colombia.

Suriname

Suriname forms new coalition

By Bert Wilkinson

Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, speaks onstage during the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York Times Square on Sept. 24, 2024 in New York City.

Guyana

Guyana votes in early September. Coalition stumbles in Suriname

By Bert Wilkinson

President Chan Santokhi of Suriname speaks during the high level sessions at day 9 as part of the 'COP16:Peace With Nature' at Valle Del Pacífico Event Center on Oct. 29, 2024 in Cali, Colombia.

Suriname

Suriname votes Sunday

By Bert Wilkinson

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, addresses the general debate of the 68th session of the General Assembly in Sept. 25, 2013.

Grenada

Not so fast Kamla

By Bert Wilkinson

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali (left) with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Guyana.

Guyana

Guyana in middle of US-China Cold War

By Bert Wilkinson

Colorful buildings in the capital St. George, Grenada. The Chinese has funded several projects in Grenada including low income housing and upgrading the Maurice Bishop International Airport.

Antigua

China heads for the Caribbean

By Dawn Plummer

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.

Ramdin new SG at the OAS

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

First Caribbean national poised to become head of OAS

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

Forty-five years since Surinamese coup

By Bert Wilkinson

Prime minister of Belize John Briceno delivers a speech at the European development days with the Belgian Queen as defender of United Nations sustainable developments goals, in Brussels, Tuesday 21 June 2022.

Belize

Belize votes March 12

By Bert Wilkinson

Jamaica's Prime Minister, Andrew Holness.

Immigration

CARICOM leaders to discuss deportations

By Bert Wilkinson

Mia Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados speaks at the Global Renewables Summit, co-hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Global Renewables Alliance on September 24, 2024 in New York City.

Environment

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Ex-rebellion Ronnie Brunswijk speaks on the mobile phone on June 30, 2010 in Paramaribo. Brunswijk was among 50 people to be sworn in as member of Suriname parliament (DNA).

Suriname’s VP in hot water

By Bert Wilkinson

Military members stand near the body of Suriname ex-President Desi Bouterse, at his funeral in Paramaribo, Suriname, January 4, 2025.

Former military strongman Desi Bouterse laid to rest in Suriname

By Bert Wilkinson

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