The state income from the mining sector has plummeted with $ 1 billion between 2012 and 2015due to the drop in the price of gold from $1900 to $ 1100 per troy ounce. The price of crude oil dropped from $ 120 per barrel to about $ 53 per barrel. “But the government still managed to keep the country up-and-running,” said MP Andre Misiekaba, leader of the NDP group in Parliament. Despite what influential Surinamese citizens are saying, MP Misiekaba is convinced that the government deserves a compliment…[+]