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Suriname elects first female president amid economic uncertainty

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons to lead the impoverished Latin American country through crisis before oil wealth arrives.

Al Jazeera · Jul 7, 2025

Suriname expected to elect first female president amid discovery of oil reserves

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, 71, will run unopposed as one of the poorest countries in the region eyes billions of dollars

The Guardian - US · Jul 4, 2025

‘We live off the forest’: fears rise in Suriname as Mennonites look to settle

Secretive Christian sect poised to carve big farms out of the Amazon, despite concerns of Indigenous people about the settlers’ deforestation elsewhere in Latin America

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2023

President Droupadi Murmu to travel to Suriname, Serbia from June 4 to 9

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary (East) Saurabh Kumar on Friday said President Droupadi Murmu will travel to Suriname and Serbia from June 4 to 9, 2023. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jun 2, 2023

Suriname backtracks on Jerusalem embassy citing budget

Suriname's president said on Thursday the South American country did not have the funds to build an embassy in Israel, reversing an announcement made last month.

Reuters · Jun 24, 2022