Wayne Madsen Report: October 7, 2010
Considering Obama's snub of Suriname's President Desi Bouterse at a White House reception for world leaders in New York for the UN General Assembly summit, the Suriname leader could find himself the next target of an Obama-sanctioned coup in Latin America.
Bouterse's lack of an invitation to the White house reception at New York's Museum of natural History came as a surprise to Bouterse's fellow Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders.
Bouterse is the former military ruler of Suriname whose Mega Alliance party won last May's general election. He was inaugurated on August 12.
A little more than a decade ago, Bouterse was sentenced to prison in absentia by a Dutch court on charges of cocaine trafficking. Suriname law prohibits its citizens from being extradited to foreign countries.
However, it may not be the criminal charges that have been levelled agianst Bouterse in the Netherlands and in Suriname that has the Obama administration attention.
Bouterse was a primary target of the CIA during the Reagan administration because of his close ties to Fidel Castro's Cuba, the Sandinista government in Nicaragua, and the Marxist government of Grenada.
Bouterse originally took power in Suriname following a military coup in February 1980. Bouterse's government declared Suriname a socialist republic.
CIA director William Casey and his deputy, Robert Gates, who now serves as Obama's Defense Secretary, planned a coup to oust Bouterse from power.
Casey and Gates cited Bouterse's close ties with Latin America's leftist governments, a program that bears a stark resemblance to the present Obama and Hillary Clinton program to oust the leftist government of Honduras. This was followed by destabilization efforts in Ecuador, Bolivia, and other nations, including, once again, Suriname.
Although CARICOM leaders expressed shock that Obama would fail to invite Bouterse to the White House reception last month in New York, Obama's mother's possible ties to Surinam's Javanese community in Indonesia may explain Obama's disdain for the Suriname President.
Considering Obama's possible use of Reagan-era coup policies in Latin America, Bouterse could be the next target for an Obama-authorized coup in Latin America.
Of course, Obama could have snubbed the Suriname President for some other reason. Suriname was originally called Dutch Guiana until it became independent in 1975. It is the smallest country in South America.
On February 25, 1980, a military coup overthrew the democratic government and declared a Socialist Republic. On 8 December 1982, the military, then under the leadership of Desi Bouterse, rounded up several prominent citizens who were accused of plotting against the government. They were executed during the night, and the Netherlands quickly suspended all foreign aid to Suriname after this event.
In July 2010 Desi Bouterse was elected president despite charges against him for the 1982 killings. The Dutch high court still has prosecutors investigating former military dictator of Suriname for his role in torture and killing of 15 of most prominent opponents of his government in 1982.
The Dutch court claims Bouterse can be prosecuted in Netherlands because case involves crimes against humanity. Suriname is a former Dutch colony.
source: Wayne Madsen Report
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Bouterse's lack of an invitation to the White house reception at New York's Museum of natural History came as a surprise to Bouterse's fellow Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders.
Bouterse is the former military ruler of Suriname whose Mega Alliance party won last May's general election. He was inaugurated on August 12.
A little more than a decade ago, Bouterse was sentenced to prison in absentia by a Dutch court on charges of cocaine trafficking. Suriname law prohibits its citizens from being extradited to foreign countries.
However, it may not be the criminal charges that have been levelled agianst Bouterse in the Netherlands and in Suriname that has the Obama administration attention.
Bouterse was a primary target of the CIA during the Reagan administration because of his close ties to Fidel Castro's Cuba, the Sandinista government in Nicaragua, and the Marxist government of Grenada.
Bouterse originally took power in Suriname following a military coup in February 1980. Bouterse's government declared Suriname a socialist republic.
CIA director William Casey and his deputy, Robert Gates, who now serves as Obama's Defense Secretary, planned a coup to oust Bouterse from power.
Casey and Gates cited Bouterse's close ties with Latin America's leftist governments, a program that bears a stark resemblance to the present Obama and Hillary Clinton program to oust the leftist government of Honduras. This was followed by destabilization efforts in Ecuador, Bolivia, and other nations, including, once again, Suriname.
Although CARICOM leaders expressed shock that Obama would fail to invite Bouterse to the White House reception last month in New York, Obama's mother's possible ties to Surinam's Javanese community in Indonesia may explain Obama's disdain for the Suriname President.
Considering Obama's possible use of Reagan-era coup policies in Latin America, Bouterse could be the next target for an Obama-authorized coup in Latin America.
Of course, Obama could have snubbed the Suriname President for some other reason. Suriname was originally called Dutch Guiana until it became independent in 1975. It is the smallest country in South America.
On February 25, 1980, a military coup overthrew the democratic government and declared a Socialist Republic. On 8 December 1982, the military, then under the leadership of Desi Bouterse, rounded up several prominent citizens who were accused of plotting against the government. They were executed during the night, and the Netherlands quickly suspended all foreign aid to Suriname after this event.
In July 2010 Desi Bouterse was elected president despite charges against him for the 1982 killings. The Dutch high court still has prosecutors investigating former military dictator of Suriname for his role in torture and killing of 15 of most prominent opponents of his government in 1982.
The Dutch court claims Bouterse can be prosecuted in Netherlands because case involves crimes against humanity. Suriname is a former Dutch colony.
source: Wayne Madsen Report
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