Ex-Suriname Dictator Desi Bouterse Dies at 79

Introduction The world mourns, and debates, the passing of Desi Bouterse, the controversial figure who cast a long shadow over the nation of Suriname. Bouterse, the former military leader and later, ironically, the democratically elected president, died recently at the age of seventy-nine, leaving behind a legacy of complexity and contention. His name is inextricably…