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Squatting In Suriname
Squatting in Suriname is the occupation of unused land or derelict buildings without the permission of the owner. Maroons and indigenous peoples such as Tiriyó Amerindians have squatted buildings and illegal gold prospectors have occupied land. History Suriname became an independent republic in 1975, after previously being a Dutch colony. The Dutch had recognised the land rights of the coastal Amerindians since 1686, and land rights of the various maroon groups from 1760 onwards. In 1815, following the ratification of the Convention of London, Suriname became the only Dutch colony in the Guianas. In the 1990s, squatters occupied government-built housing at Koewarasan and called their occupation Sunny Point. The occupiers were mostly Maroons, who had been displaced by the Surinamese Interior War. The village of Pokigron was destroyed in the conflict and people ended up squatting in a barracks near Paramaribo. The Tiriyó Amerindians have a habit of squatting abandoned site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SUR Orthographic
Sur or SUR or El Sur (Spanish "the South") may refer to: Geography * Sur or Shur (Bible), the wilderness of Sur/Shur from the Book of Exodus * Sur (river), a river of Bavaria, Germany * Súr, a village in Hungary * Sur, a district of the city of Diyarbakir in Turkey * Sur, Diyarbakır, a historic district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey * Sur, Iran (other), places in Iran * Sur, Oman, the easternmost major town in Oman * Sur, Switzerland, a village in the canton of Grisons * Big Sur, a coastline of California * Sur State, a princely state of India merged with Idar State in 1821 * Tyre, Lebanon (Arabic: صور, Ṣūr; Phoenician: צור, Ṣur; Turkish: Sur), a city in the South Governorate of Lebanon People * Sur (Pashtun tribe), a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India * Sur (poet), a 16th-century blind Bhakti saint, poet and musician * Sur Dynasty, Pashtun Dynasty which ruled northern India between 1540 and c. 1555 * Sur language, a minor Plateau language of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuruni
Kuruni (also: Curuni and Coeroeni) is a village in the Coeroeni resort in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village is inhabited by indigenous people of the Tiriyó tribe. The inhabitants are of the subgroup Aramayana or the Bee people. Overview The population as of 2022 is 88 people. There is no school in the village. In 2007, a medical clinic was opened in Kuruni, and is being managed by rotating nurses from Kwamalasamutu. As of November 2019, the villages has 24 hours of electricity using solar panels. History In 1959, the Coeroenie Airstrip was constructed to access the interior, and to map mineral resources. In 1965, a camp was constructed near the airstrip to house workers for a planned weir. The village was not intended for permanent habitation. On 12 December 1967, four armed men of the Guyana police force landed and told the workers to leave Camp Oronoque which marked the beginning of the Tigri conflict. Kuruni became a military outpost of the Surinamese army ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squatting In Suriname
Squatting in Suriname is the occupation of unused land or derelict buildings without the permission of the owner. Maroons and indigenous peoples such as Tiriyó Amerindians have squatted buildings and illegal gold prospectors have occupied land. History Suriname became an independent republic in 1975, after previously being a Dutch colony. The Dutch had recognised the land rights of the coastal Amerindians since 1686, and land rights of the various maroon groups from 1760 onwards. In 1815, following the ratification of the Convention of London, Suriname became the only Dutch colony in the Guianas. In the 1990s, squatters occupied government-built housing at Koewarasan and called their occupation Sunny Point. The occupiers were mostly Maroons, who had been displaced by the Surinamese Interior War. The village of Pokigron was destroyed in the conflict and people ended up squatting in a barracks near Paramaribo. The Tiriyó Amerindians have a habit of squatting abandoned site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squatting In Guyana
Squatting in Guyana is the occupation of unused land or derelict buildings without the permission of the owner. Squatting has been used as a means to find housing by people displaced by conflict in the 1960s and by internal migrants from the 1980s onwards. In 2015, there were estimated to be over 100,000 squatters across the country. The government announced the National Squatter Regularisation Commission (NSRC) and the State Land Resettlement Commission in 2020, in the following year it allied with UN-Habitat to create the Guyana Strategy for Informal Settlements Upgrading and Prevention (GSISUP) which aims to regularize all informal settlements by 2030. History Conflict in Guyana in the 1960s led to people squatting in racially demarcated informal settlements. When the government ceased to provide housing in the 1980s, people started squatting again, mostly around Georgetown. At the Met-en-Meerzorg settlement, four-room houses were constructed with walls made from zinc or w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Brazil
Villa Brazil (also Villa Brasil) is a ''garimpeiros'' (illegal gold prospectors) village in the Boven Saramacca resort of the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. Overview Gold was discovered in the Rosebel area in 1879. More than century after, in 2004, a commercial exploitation started at the Rosebel Gold Mines. Illegal gold miners started to exploit the Matawai area near Nieuw Jacobkondre. Villa Brazil was founded illegally by Brazilian gold miners, and contains dwellings for the gold miners and several commercial shops. The village has become known as an area with a high rate of crime. Complaints of the nearby villagers who had rely on a police station in Kwakoegron have resulted the establishment of a police station in Nieuw Jacobkondre in 2014. Concerning morbidity, malaria is prevalent in the village. In late 2020, Villa Brazil was at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak. Mining The gold mining is performed by building of sluice boxes. Mercury is poured over the dirt with bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Do Brinco
Antonio do Brinco, also Albina 2, is a ''garimpeiros'' (illegal gold prospectors) village in the Tapanahony resort of the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village is located on the Lawa River, and is next to Peruano, and opposite Maripasoula in French Guiana. The village is named after Antonio with the earring ( Portuguese: brinco) who constructed the first commercial building. The village has grown rapidly in the early 21st century, and contains a string of supermarkets, restaurants, bars and brothels, who cater to both the gold prospectors and neighbouring French Guiana, because of lower prices. Many shops offer customers free transportation from Maripasoula with their boats and canoes. The health situation in the village is dire. The river has been polluted with mercury. There are no medical facilities in the village despite a high prevalence of HIV, malaria, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was listed as a hot spot with many infections. As it was founded illegally, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granman
Granman (Ndyuka language: ''gaanman'') is the title of the paramount chief of a Maroon (people), Maroon nation in Suriname and French Guiana. The Ndyuka people, Ndyuka, Saramaka, Matawai people, Matawai, Aluku, Paramaccan people, Paramaka and Kwinti nations all have a granman. The paramount chiefs of Amerindian peoples in Suriname are nowadays also often called ''granman''. The word comes from the Sranan Tongo language, a Creole language, creole spoken in Suriname, and is derived from ''grand'' + ''man'' meaning "most important man." Granman was also used for the List of colonial governors of Suriname, governors of Suriname. The word can be used in combination with other words: ''granman-oso'' (big man house) is the Presidential Palace of Suriname, Presidential Palace. Government The paramount chief of a tribe is the granman. Below the granman are the ''kabitens'' (captains) followed by the ''basiyas'' (aldermen). The ''stam lanti'' consists of all the ''kabitens'' and ''basiyas'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asongo Alalaparu
Asongo Alalaparu also Ashongo Alalaparoe (1941-42 – 21 November 2021) was a Granman (paramount leader) of the indigenous Tiriyó people in Suriname. He led the Tiriyó from 1997 to 2021 from his residence in Kwamalasamutu. During his rule, the Tiriyó established new small villages in the interior of Suriname.De Ware TijdJimmy Toeroemang (30) nieuwe granman Kwamalasamutu Audry Wajwakana, 17 September 2021 Biography Alalaparu was born in 1941 or 42 as a member of the Tiriyó tribe. This tribe lived in the border area of Suriname and Brazil, and had been contacted in the early 20th century. In 1959, airfields were built in the interior of Suriname as part of Operation Grasshopper. In that same year, the Door-to-Life Gospel Mission was given permission to work among the Tiriyó. In 1961, American missionaries convinced the Tiriyó tribe to abandon their small villages, and settle in one big modern village. The Tiriyó tribe did not have a clear hierarchy; therefore, President ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bauxite Mining
Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. It is the world's main source of aluminium and gallium. Bauxite consists mostly of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (Al(OH)3), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)) and diaspore (α-AlO(OH)), mixed with the two iron oxides goethite (FeO(OH)) and haematite (Fe2O3), the aluminium clay mineral kaolinite (Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and small amounts of anatase (TiO2) and ilmenite (FeTiO3 or FeO.TiO2). Bauxite appears dull in luster and is reddish-brown, white, or tan. In 1821, the French geologist Pierre Berthier discovered bauxite near the village of Les Baux in Provence, southern France. Formation Numerous classification schemes have been proposed for bauxite but, , there was no consensus. Vadász (1951) distinguished lateritic bauxites (silicate bauxites) from karst bauxite ores (carbonate bauxites): * The carbonate bauxites occur predominantly in Europe, Guyana, Suriname, and Jamaica above carbonate rocks (limestone and dolom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amatopo
Amatopo or Amotopo is a Tiriyó village on the Courentyne River in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village lies next to the Amatopo Airstrip and about upstream from the village of Lucie, Suriname, Lucie. The Frederik Willem IV Falls and Arapahu Island are located near the village. Overview The residents of the village consider themselves Okomoyana, which means "wasp people." The Okomoyana category can be seen as a subdivision of the Tiriyó people, and the Okomoyana indeed speak the Tiriyó language. The villagers who settled in the village came from Kwamalasamutu. The airstrip was constructed during Operation Grasshopper. In the West Suriname Plan, Amatopo was to play an important role in the mining of bauxite in the area. Even a road was constructed from Amatopo to Paramaribo, but this road was deserted after the Surinamese Interior War. The first two settlers moved into the unused buildings near the airstrip. Later a pilot chased them away. Asongo Alalaparu, the gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alalapadu
Alalapadu is a Tiriyó village in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. The village was founded by Baptist missionaries next to the Alalapadu Airstrip in order to concentrate the Tiriyó of the area in one central village. History In 1961 the missionary Claude Leavitt accompanied with a group of Wai-Wai Amerindians convinced the chief of the village Panapipa to settle into a modern village. The entire population moved in to what became known as Alalapadu. Up to the 1970s, it was biggest Tiriyó village in Suriname. Between 1976 and 1977, Alalapadu was mostly abandoned in favour of the new settlement of Kwamalasamutu, as the soils surrounding the village became depleted. Alalapadu was never completely abandoned, however, and in 1999, some Tiriyó again permanently settled in the vicinity of the old village. The new village is sometimes known as Alalapadu II. Granman Ashongo had requested its rebuilding. Overview There is no electricity. The economy is based small-scale farming. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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