Suriname ex-dictator and fugitive Desi Bouterse dead at 79

Desi Bouterse, the former dictator and later elected president of Suriname, who became a fugitive of justice for the killing of political opponents, has died at 79, the government said Wednesday. Still popular with the poor and working class of the South American nation, Bouterse — who died Tuesday — rose to power after a […]

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