I never promised you a rose garden, goes an old song. Or a Rose Garden. Does might make right? No. Neither does popularity.

Guyana in the late 1990s had rejected The Netherlands’ request to arrest controversial ex-Surinamese military strongman, Dési Bouterse on the grounds that it would not have been in this country’s ...

Former President of Guyana, Donald Ramotar on Saturday said human rights atrocities in the Gaza, West Bank of the Jordan River and in the Ukraine-Russia conflict by “imperialist” ...

Thousands of people lined the streets of Suriname's capital Saturday for the funeral procession of Desi Bouterse, who led the ...

The remains of Suriname's former dictator Desi Bouterse, who led two coups and became a fugitive from justice for the killing ...

Suriname's former dictator Desi Bouterse died of liver failure at age 79, an official autopsy revealed. Bouterse's body was ...

Suriname's government announced Saturday that the small South American nation will not hold a state funeral for its ...

Rising to prominence in a 1980 coup, Bouterse's rhetoric of unity was overshadowed by 1982's December Murders, where 15 of his political opponents were executed in a harrowing display of unchecked ...

He led a 1980 coup, then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges of drug smuggling and murder.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname — (AP) — Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname then returned to power by election three decades later despite ...