Suriname president shrugs off questions about dictatorship, murder trial, drug conviction

6 September 2010, 6:32 pm

Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse shrugged off questions about his past during his first overseas trip as elected president, saying Monday that he will not interfere in his ongoing murder trial and dismissing a 1999 drug conviction as "almost a joke." Bouterse travelled to Guyana to discuss the proposed construction of the first bridge over ...... Read More »

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