Suriname

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Suriname, the smallest country in South America, is a perfect destination for adventurous, nature-loving travelers who don’t mind sacrificing a few comforts.  national parks and reserves are especially good travel destinations. Bordered on the east and west by French Guiana and Guyana respectively and to the south by Brazil, Suriname was a colony of Netherlands as recently as 1975 and has faced serious economic hardships, a military coup and problems with corruption since then. The economy has started to stabilize over the last few years, but still has a long way to go. As of July 2004, 70% of Surinamers live under the poverty line. Surinamese culture is a rich mixture of European, western-African, Indian and Indonesian cultures.