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.
Coordinates: 4Â°N 56Â°W / 4Â°N 56Â°W / 4; -56. Suriname (/ËsÊráµ»nÃ¦m/, /-nÉËm/ or /-nÉm/, also spelled Surinam), officially known as the Republic of Suriname (Dutch: Republiek Suriname [ËreËpyËblik ËsyËriËnaËmÉ]), is a sovereign state on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west and Brazil to the south.