President Bouterse according to informed sources was the only head of government of the 14 independent member countries of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to have been excluded from the US president's traditional reception for foreign leaders attending the start of a new session of the UN General Assembly.
Suriname's (a former Dutch colony which became independent in 1975) controversial President Desi Bouterse is a convicted drug trafficker, who seized power in 1980 following a coup d’état and ruled until 1987, when he stepped down because of international political pressure. He briefly seized power again in 1990, following a second coup d’état. He and 11 others are currently also being tried in a military court for the killing of 15 opponents in 1982 while he was head of a military junta.
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