PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Suriname 's parliament Sunday elected physician Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as the troubled country's ...

Lawmakers elected Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as Suriname’s first female president on Sunday after her party’s May legislative ...

The 71-year-old emerged unopposed after rivals declined to nominate a candidate to lead the small South American nation.

In a historic and symbolic breakthrough, Jennifer Simons was officially elected Sunday as the first female President of ...