Courantyne

On the ferry ride across the Courantyne River, just over the border, I met a gaggle of Brazilians, who, when they realized I spoke Portuguese, asked for help with the English-Dutch Suriname customs forms.

Last month officials in Surinam, The Netherlands' self-governing colony on South America's northeast coast, reported that Castro gunrunners in high-speed launches are smuggling large amounts of arms down the Courantyne River for delivery to Communist terrorists in neighboring British Guiana.