SIBLINGS: Siblings are the children of the same parents. It is a convenient term meaning brothers and sisters. If you have two brothers and one sister, you have three siblings. SPOUSE: Another convenient term meaning husband or wife.
Bouterseâs father, Desi Bouterse, ruled Suriname after a coup and reclaimed power in 2010. The president, 69, in 1999 was convicted by a Dutch court of involvement in cocaine smuggling. Earlier this year, a Dutch court rejected his third bid to have the conviction overturned. A synagogue and mosque in Paramaribo, Suriname.
Suriname is one of the smallest countries in South America. It is located on the continentâs north-central coast and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the north, French Guiana on the east, Brazil on the south, and Guyana on the west. The boundaries with French Guiana and Guyana are under dispute.