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 was colonized by the English and the Dutch in the 17 th century. Suriname is the smallest independent country in South America. It is situated on the Guiana Shield and lies mostly between latitudes 1Â° and 6Â°N, and longitudes 54Â° and 58Â°W. The country can be divided into two main geographic regions.