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President Ronald Venetiaan, leader of a moderate coalition of ethnic parties, proved as respectful of press freedom as journalists had hoped when he took office in August 2000. Since then, no major abuses have been reported in this former Dutch colony of less than half a million inhabitants. Under the previous government, journalists were routinely…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260