the revolution of febryary 25 1980
📅 25 Februari 1980
📍 Suriname
A group of sixteen non-commissioned officers led by Desi Bouterse seized key military installations and state power in Paramaribo. The coup ended the elected government and interrupted the constitutional order. Initial public support drew on discontent with corruption, unemployment, party patronage and unfulfilled post-independence expectations; the takeover itself was a military coup, and the revolutionary/anticolonial meaning later attached to it remains contested. A 2020 Surinamese commemoration lecture discusses the stated ideas behind the ‘Revolution’.
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25 Februari 1980
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