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Dutch exports to Suriname include: chemical based products, machinery, electrical and transport equipment. Surinamese exports to the Netherlands include: live animals and food, raw materials and beverages. [18] The Netherlands ranks second among countries from which Suriname imports goods and services, after the United States.
Mexico is accredited to Suriname from its embassy in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and has an honorary consulate in Paramaribo. [36] Suriname is accredited to Mexico from its embassy in Washington, D.C.; United States. [37] Netherlands: 25 November 1975: See Netherlands–Suriname relations. Netherlands has an embassy in Paramaribo. [38]
Suriname was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1954 and 1975. The country had full autonomy, except in areas of defence and foreign policy, and participated on a basis of equality with the Netherlands Antilles and the Netherlands itself in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
PARAMARIBO (Reuters) -A three-judge panel in Suriname on Wednesday upheld the conviction of former President Desi Bouterse for his role in the execution of 15 people in the former Dutch colony in ...
PARAMARIBO (Reuters) -Suriname's fugitive former President Desi Bouterse has died aged 79, the country's government said on Wednesday, almost a year after he fled authorities to avoid jail ...
Since the Surinamese independence in 1975, over 100,000 Surinamese came to the Netherlands due to the unrest in Suriname and the better life quality in the Netherlands. In 2000, approximately 300,000 Surinamese lived in the Netherlands. [3] Suriname community in the Netherlands is visible in many places, especially in football.
Suriname's culture and society strongly reflect the legacy of Dutch colonial rule. It is the only sovereign nation outside Europe where Dutch is the official and prevailing language of government, business, media, and education; an estimated 60% of the population speaks Dutch as a native language. Sranan Tongo, an English-based creole language ...
The Suriname-Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, native name Suriname-Nederland Kamer van Koophandel, is a chamber of commerce with the goal to improve the entrepreneurial infrastructure en promote commerce between Suriname and the Netherlands. [1] [2] The Chamber has been established in the building of the embassy of Suriname in The Hague.