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Funeral at slave plantation, Suriname. Colored lithograph printed circa 1840–1850, digitally restored. Suriname (circa 1914) in the Encyclopedia of the Dutch West Indies, by Surinamese cartographer Herman Benjamins and Dutch ethnographer Johannes Snelleman. Maroon village, Suriname River, 1955. In South America, slavery was the norm.
The discovery, exploration and exploitation of oil and gold nowadays contributes substantially to Suriname's economic independence. Agriculture, especially rice and bananas, remains a strong component of the economy, and ecotourism is providing new economic opportunities. More than 93% of Suriname's landmass consists of unspoiled rainforest.
Suriname was first colonized by the British, and captured by the Dutch in 1667, who governed it as Surinam until 1954. The country of Suriname achieved independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 25 November 1975.
Flag of Suriname (1959–1975) Although the colony has always been officially known as Surinam or Suriname, in both Dutch [2] and English, [3] the colony was often unofficially and semi-officially referred to as Dutch Guiana (Dutch: Nederlands Guiana) in the 19th and 20th century, in an analogy to British Guiana and French Guiana.
Suriname was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1954 and 1975. The country had full autonomy, except in areas of defence and foreign policy , and participated on a basis of equality with the Netherlands Antilles and the Netherlands itself in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Henck Alphonsus Eugène Arron (25 April 1936 – 4 December 2000) was a Surinamese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Suriname after it gained independence in 1975. [2] A member of the National Party of Suriname , he served from 24 December 1973 with the transition government, to 25 February 1980.
Soon after Suriname obtained its independence, most Europeans returned to the Netherlands. Around 300,000 Surinamese also decided to move to Europe and take Dutch citizenship. [ 2 ] In February 1980 Dési Bouterse , head of the Surinamese military, staged a violent coup d'état against Prime Minister Henck Arron and Bouterse became de facto ...
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