An important mining region in this country was found in Operation Grasshopper, a 1959 effort to find natural resources from the air led by Frank Essed. For a year and a half, both the offices of president and prime minister of this country were held on behalf of a military dictator by Henk Chin A Sen. The Moiwana Massacre was an attack on the hometown of a former bodyguard of one of this country’s leaders after they formed the guerilla group Jungle Commando. The non-American (*) Henck Arron was deposed first as Prime Minister, then as Vice President, in two separate coups in this country that installed the same military officer as the de facto leader. The December Murders were carried out at a non-Taiwanese Fort Zeelandia to eliminate fifteen political opponents of Dési Bouterse (“BOW-ter-suh”). For 10 points, name this South American country that gained full independence from the Netherlands in 1975. ■END■
ANSWER: Suriname [or Republic of Suriname, Republiek Suriname, Ripoliku Sranan]
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