De West
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De West is one of the two main newspapers of Suriname
Suriname
Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

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De West was founded in 1892, and in its early years was a conservative paper that had a somewhat antagonistic rivalry with the left-leaning Suriname, the other leading newspaper in what was then the Dutch colony of Suriname.

The paper was forced to close in the early 1980s following a coup led by Dési Bouterse
Dési Bouterse
Desiré Delano "Dési" Bouterse is the 9th and current President of Suriname.As an army officer, he was the de facto leader of Suriname through most of the 1980s, serving as Chairman of the National Military Council...

, but was allowed to reopen in 1984, although still under some government censorship. , it is the second-largest paper by circulation in Suriname, after de Ware Tijd
De Ware Tijd
de Ware Tijd is one of two daily newspapers in Suriname. , it was the largest-circulation paper in the country, ahead of its rival, De West, and was described as taking a "staunchly independent stance" politically. It is Dutch language, and privately owned...

, and takes an independent political stance.
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