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Center for Strategic & International Studies: Why Suriname Matters - South America's Overlooked Strategic Geography
May 06, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 5, 2025:

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Why Suriname Matters: South America's Overlooked Strategic Geography

By Evan Ellis

Introduction

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's April 2025 visit to Suriname highlighted the importance of the often overlooked country on the northeast coast of South America, whose former Foreign Minister, Alberto Ra . . .

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