PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges ...

AS the Christmas season unfolds, the bustling craft shops of Guyana come alive with intricate designs and the promise of meaningful gifts. At the heart of this festive spirit is Unique Amerindian ...

Despite the Alliance For Change (AFC) claiming that a group of Warrau people stranded in Georgetown were abandoned by the Government, the Opposition party, headed by Nigel Hughes, dumped and abandoned ...

Toshao of the village of Tasserene, Middle Mazaruni, Ridley Joseph, was stabbed to death and his body was found early Monday morning in his hotel room, police said. “The body was examined and a total ...

The distribution of the $100,000 cash grant to residents of Mahdia, Princeville and Campbelltown, Region Eight officially began yesterday, following a launch by Minister of Amerindian Affairs ...

The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) in a release on Thursday, announced the election of Mario Hastings of Kako Village, Upper Mazaruni District, Region Seven as its new president, during the ...

Most autocrats at least pretend to be in the business of democracy. Until recently that was true of Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega. But in November he ripped off the mask. A comprehensive overhaul of ...

"The Nicaraguan population has increased a lot," she said. "A lot of people come for those things which they can only find here." Reyes arrived in Texas more than 20 years ago. She and her husband ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President ...

Dec 10 (Reuters) - At least 229 people detained in Nicaragua for political reasons have suffered various forms of torture and other "crimes against humanity" at the hands of the government over ...

Lawmakers in Nicaragua endorsed the constitutional reform which would expand presidential terms and promote Daniel Ortega's wife Rosario Murillo to a co-president. Nicaragua's parliament on Friday ...