The Latest Breaking News from Suriname

Suriname has pledged to permanently protect 90% of its forests, far surpassing the global 30x30 goal

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons to lead the impoverished Latin American country through crisis before oil wealth arrives.

Voting began Sunday in Surinamese parliamentary elections that will determine who will harness giant oil wealth to carry out a rags-to-riches transformation of the smallest country in South America.

Suriname, South America's smallest country, is preparing for an inflow of cash from a huge offshore oil find, with the president insisting the population will receive a direct share of the wealth.

Ahead of oil-rich Suriname's election, the country's president tells AFP that a looming energy windfall will not spell a shift away from climate-friendly policies.

Suriname votes in parliamentary elections Sunday that will determine who oversees efforts for the next five years to transform the fortunes of one of South America's poorest nations with giant oil reserves.

As firefighters in Suriname battled to save buildings in the historic city center of Paramaribo in April, volunteers were scanning documents from the Neveh Shalom Synagogue in an effort to preserve the history of the thousands of Jews who have called the city home since the 1700s

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After the worst rains in decades, rivers are drying up and crops failing, leaving people in the interior without clean water or healthcare, and cutting transport links