- Mr. Michel Amafo, Director of the Maritime Authority of Suriname (MAS) in his presentation underscored MAS's commitment to safety, security, and...
- ANTHEM : The Surinaams Volkslied (National Anthem) begins "God zij met ons Suriname" ("God be with our Suriname").
- Paramaribo Home to almost half of the country's population, the capital city Paramaribo and its direct surroundings are as bustling as it gets in Suriname.
- South America's smallest country, Suriname is a warm, dense convergence of rivers that thumps with the lively rhythm of ethnic diversity.
- Some key dates in Suriname's history: 1593 - Spanish explorers visit the area and name it Suriname, after the country's earliest inhabitants, the Surinen.
- Since gaining independence, Suriname has become a member of the United Nations, the OAS, and the Non-Aligned Movement.
- ‘Dirty political games’: Suriname is selling its gold and timber – at the cost of tribal land rights.
- The name "Suriname" (Sranan, Surinam) may be of Amerindian origin. Suriname is a multiethnic, multicultural, multilingual, and multireligious country without a...
- The Netherlands began to provide development aid to Suriname in 1948, the year in which talks on Suriname’s internal political autonomy began.
- Background: Suriname became a Dutch colony in 1667. With the abolition of African slavery in 1863, workers were brought in from India and Java.