SurinameBrian

//conventional long form:// Republic of Suriname //conventional short form:// Suriname //local long form:// Republiek Suriname //local short form:// Suriname //former:// Netherlands Guiana, Dutch Guiana [|Paramaribo] Paramaribo is located at 5°52' North, 55°10' West ([|5.83° N 55.17° W]), [|Physical map] Surinamese dollar (SRD) __Population__ 439117 (2006) __Language__ Dutch, English, Sranang Tongo __Life expectancy__ Male-66.66 Female-71.47 __Literacy__ 92.3% males 84.1% female __Ethnic__ Hindustani, Creole, Javanese, “Maroons”, Amerindians Dutch ruled Suriname Export Bauxite (used to make aluminum) Northern hemisphere Lelydorp, Meerzorg, Marienburg, Moengo, Nieuw Amsterdam Tropical Wet Trip to Paramaribo $1355 Rainforest south of WJ Bloomenstein Lake South America
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 * Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan**
 * [|1975 - Surinam becomes independent with Johan Ferrier as president and Henck Arron, of the Surinam National Party (NPS), as prime minister; more than a third of the population emigrate to the Netherlands.]**

Hinduism, Protestant, and Roman Catholic Marowijne River
 * [|1982 - Armed forces seize power in a coup led by Lieutenant-Colonel Desire (Desi) Bouterse and set up a Revolutionary People's Front; 15 opposition leaders charged with plotting a coup and executed; Netherlands and US respond by cutting off economic aid.]**
 * [|1986 - Surinamese Liberation Army (SLA), composed mostly of descendants of escaped African slaves, begins guerrilla war with the aim of restoring constitutional order; within months principal bauxite mines and refineries forced to shut down.]**
 * [|1991 - Johan Kraag (NPS) becomes interim president; alliance of opposition parties - the New Front for Democracy and Development - wins majority of seats in parliamentary elections; Ronald Venetiaan elected president.]**
 * [|1997 - Dutch government issues international arrest warrant for Bouterse, claiming that he had smuggled more than two tonnes of cocaine into the Netherlands during 1989-97, but Surinam refuses to extradite him.]**
 * [|2000 - Ronald Venetiaan becomes president, replacing Wijdenbosch, after winning early elections that followed protests against the former government's handling of the economy.]**



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