''De West'' is one of the main newspapers of Suriname. ''De West'' was founded in 1892, and in its early years was a conservative paper that had a somewhat antagonistic rivalry with the left-leaning '' Suriname'', the other leading newspaper in what was then the Dutch colony of Suriname. ''De West'' became a daily newspaper in 1950 owned and edited by David George Findlay. On 25 February 1980,

Dési Bouterse Desiré Delano "Dési" Bouterse (; born 13 October 1945) is a Surinamese military officer, politician, convicted murderer and drug trafficker who served as President of Suriname from 2010 to 2020. From 1980 to 1987, he was Suriname's ''de fact ...

led a coup d'état. During the coup a hand grenade was thrown into the offices of ''De West'', and the building was under fire. Luckily the fighting only caused minor damage. The paper was forced to close in the early 1980s following a coup led by

. It was allowed to reopen in 1984, although still under some government censorship. , it is the second-largest paper by circulation in Suriname, after ''

de Ware Tijd ''De Ware Tijd'' (English: The True Time) is one of four daily newspapers in Paramaribo, Suriname. , it was the largest-circulation paper in the country, ahead of its rival, ''De West'', and was described as taking a "staunchly independent stance" ...

'', and takes an independent political stance.

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