PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Aug. 16, CMC –Finance Minister Stanley Raghoebarsing, says the country’s programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in danger of being stopped, as the government has not yet paid off the national debt of approximately SRD$8 billion (US$ 275 million) at the Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS) and the Energy Companies Suriname (EBS) is still being subsidized too heavily.
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