Suriname’s New President Seen Staying Course on Oil-Driven Boom

Suriname will swear in its first female president after an usually complicated electoral process, with analysts saying investors have little to fear from a change in government in the newly oil-rich nation.

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, who promised a more socially inclusive strategy, secured the top job after her National Democratic Party sealed a coalition agreement with five other parties. Together, that group adds 16 parliamentary seats to the 18 the NDP won in the May 25 vote, giving the bloc a strong majority in the 51-seat legislature.