History of Suriname: Difference between revisions

In the 20th century, the natural resources of Suriname, [[rubber]], [[gold]] and [[bauxite]], were exploited. The US company [[Alcoa]] had a claim on a large area in Suriname where bauxite, from which aluminum can be made, was found. Given that the peace treaties with the Maroon people granted them title to the lands,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/ndyuka-treaty-1760-conversation-granman-gazon|title=The Ndyuka Treaty Of 1760: A Conversation with Granman Gazon|website=Cultural Survival|language=nl|access-date=6 June 2020}}</ref> there have been international court cases that negated the right of the Surinam government to grant these claims (meaning the right to take the land for themselves and ignoring autonomy).<ref name=goldman>{{cite web |url=http://goldmanprize.org/2009/southcentralamerica |title=Wanze Eduards and S. Hugo Jabini. Suriname Forests |publisher=Goldman Environmental Prize |access-date=6 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bothends.org/en/Whats-new/News/Ten-years-after-ground-breaking-ruling-the-Saramaka-are-still-fighting-for-their-rights/|title=Ten years after ground-breaking ruling the Saramaka are still fighting for their rights|website=Both Ends|access-date=6 June 2020|date=28 November 2017}}</ref>

On November 23, 1941, under an agreement with the Netherlands government-in-exile, the United States occupiedstationed Dutchtroops Guianain Suriname to protect the bauxite mines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://faculty.virginia.edu/setear/students/fdrneutr/Home.html|title=Home|website=faculty.virginia.edu|access-date=2010-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605110034/http://faculty.virginia.edu/setear/students/fdrneutr/Home.html|archive-date=2011-06-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>