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Suriname elects first female president amid economic uncertainty | Politics News

Byrihan khan

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons to lead the impoverished Latin American country through crisis before oil wealth arrives. Suriname has elected Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as its first female president, with parliament backing the 71-year-old physician and lawmaker to lead the crisis-hit South American nation. Her election came after a coalition deal was struck in the National Assembly, which voted…

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‘Every day I see land disappear’: Suriname’s battle to keep sea at bay | Environment News

Byrihan khan

Suriname, South America’s smallest country, is one of the most vulnerable in the world to rising sea levels. Nearly seven out of 10 people in the former Dutch colony of 600,000 inhabitants live in low-lying coastal areas, according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “Every day I see a piece of my…