Word: surinam
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Harvard professor and admissions officer ran into a slight problem when they were in Surinam last week, continuing their eight-year study of the bush people of that country. Nothing major--the government was just overthrown...
...coup began Sunday, when sergeants in Surinam's army, striking for a pay raise, suddenly became violent. Other protesters forced the police to surrender by firing from an army gun boat and burning police headquarters...
That situation did not arise. The new government of Surinam, eager to dispel any notions that the coup might be another situation like Iran's, in which foreigners were held hostage, arranged for the departure of the researchers, who returned Wednesday night...