It gained its independence in 1966 & today has a long-running territorial dispute with its neighbor Suriname
[DOC] [TLE] divided loyalties: local politics and the play of states among ... - JStor [PAR] are Ndjuka Maroons whose villages have been attacked by Surinamese ... to 
bring the Aluku or Boni Maroons and their 18th-century liberation struggles .... 
dispute was likely to be, and Anato, in anticipation of the change, moved ..... the 
section of Kotika today called Lape has long been occupied by members of the 
Yakobi.