Afro-Surinamese are Surinamese people of mostly West African and Central African ancestry. They are descended from enslaved Africans brought to work on sugar plantations. Many of them escaped the plan

Desiré "Desi" Delano Bouterse was a Surinamese military officer, politician, and convicted drug trafficker, who served as the eighth president of Suriname from 2010 to 2020, having previously led the