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Simons as its first female president, with parliament backing the 71-year-old physician and lawmaker to lead the crisis-hit ...
Jennifer Geerlings-Simons has been elected as Suriname’s first woman President on Sunday, after her parties' victory in the ...
Lawmakers elected Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as Suriname’s first female president on Sunday after her party’s May legislative ...
The letter was sent by the Collaboration of Tribal Peoples in Suriname (KAMPOS), a collective representing the country’s African descendant groups, and the Association of Indigenous Village ...
Suriname’s parliament backed Jennifer Simons as the South American country’s first woman president on Sunday, setting the ...
Bailliet's message is a rallying call for governments, international organizations, and civil society to correct historic ...
PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Suriname 's parliament Sunday elected physician Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as the troubled country's ...
Suriname became the first country in the Amazon region to receive malaria-free certification from the World Health ...
Community leaders, including those from the Collaboration of Tribal Peoples in Suriname and the Association of Indigenous Village Leaders, expressed frustration in an August letter, stating, “We ...
Indigenous communities in Suriname have sued their government to withdraw an agreement with Chinalco (Aluminum Corporation of China Limited), to dig for bauxite near the village of Bakhuis in the ...
Indigenous Peoples Day celebrates the original people of North America. It’s often held up as a counter holiday to Columbus Day, seen by some as a celebration of the continent’s colonization.
U.S. observes Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day 07:57. President Trump made clear Sunday that he would not follow his predecessor's practice of recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day alongside ...