De West is one of the main newspapers of Suriname.

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.[1] De West became a daily newspaper in 1950 owned and edited by David George Findlay.[2]

On 25 February 1980, Dési Bouterse led a coup d'état. During the coup a hand grenade was thrown into the offices of De West, and the building was under fire. Luckily the fighting only caused minor damage.[3] The paper was forced to close in the early 1980s following a coup led by Dési Bouterse. It was allowed to reopen in 1984, although still under some government censorship.[4] As of 2002, it is the second-largest paper by circulation in Suriname, after de Ware Tijd, and takes an independent political stance.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Rudolf Asveer Jacob van Lier (1971). Frontier Society: A Social Analysis of the History of Surinam. Martinus Nijhoof. p. 332.
  2. ↑ "Het dagblad De WEST is de oudste krant van Suriname". Dagblad De West (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Alwin de Rooij (2008). "Pers onder bevel". OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis. (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 March 2021. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. ↑ Gary Brana-Shute (1986). "Back to the Barracks? Five Years 'Revo' in Suriname". Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs. 28 (1): 93–121. doi:10.2307/165737. JSTOR 165737.
  5. ↑ "Suriname: Transport and communications". Economist Intelligence Unit. November 5, 2002. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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