A educação das forças armadas no Suriname

Abstract

The present work analyses the trajectory of the armed forces in Suriname. The young country has suffered a series of political coups involving the military, causing changes in their academic formation. The time frame is from November of 1975 to January of 2021, since the country's Independence until the creation of the first military educational institutions in the country. The methodology used was exploratory and qualitative; it counted with biographical support, interviews, paper articles, informative websites, and the academies' social media. The creations of the mentioned institutions marked a new era in Suriname's military education, that used to depend almost exclusively of cooperation with other countries, mostly Brazil and The Netherlands.