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hlthe2b

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9. Interesting. This might be the first story I've seen about Suriname in more than a decade...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2024, 05:48 AM

Mar 2024

Granted more of my attention is directed elsewhere in the world than that part of South America in recent years, but an important issue. What is the origin of most of these Mennonites there and elsewhere in South America? May put a new wrinkle on the problems of "immigration."

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Suriname cancels controversial Mennonite pilot program, but bigger problems loom [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 2024 OP

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That last picture. Brutal, but funny. Easterncedar Mar 2024 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Judi Lynn Mar 2024 #7

Interesting. This might be the first story I've seen about Suriname in more than a decade... hlthe2b Mar 2024 #9