Does Curaçao adhere to human rights?
ast week Thursday on Friday, 6 Venezuelans have been arrested by the police. The press and other stakeholders were kept far away. There is great uncertainty about the fate of these people, including a sergeant of the Venezuelan army and various civil servants. The military has been able to report via a local journalist that there are more refugees and More...
Drone attack or no, Venezuela’s Maduro regime is probably here to stay
An alleged assassination attempt by drones. A thwarted coup attempt. Calls for an international military invasion. Severe economic sanctions. Bankruptcy. Massive, nationwide daily protests. Regional isolation. More...
Close the refinery, it’s enough!
Curaçao has approximately 52,000 employees. Approximately 2,000 of them find employment as long as the refinery is maintained. There are also 30,000 unemployed. 20,000 families live / work under the smoke of the More...
Economic and policy Insight: ‘Possible implications of the restart of the St Croix refinery for the Caribbean’
In a marathon meeting that started last Wednesday and ended past midnight Thursday, the Senate of the USVI, voted in favor of a proposal to restart the refinery. Owners of the idled oil refinery in St. Croix, U.S. More...
Curaçao, what it could have been
I have been working in our tourism industry for close to 50 years and have seen a lot, heard a lot and have experienced a lot. I have met some very good people that tried to push our tourism with all they got and More...
Economic Insight: Looking at efforts the find a strategic partner for Insel Air in a wider context
Curacao, the Caribbean for that matter, is heavily reliant on tourism for its economic health. The vast majority of tourists arriving travel by air. Supporting air connectivity is therefore a vote for a prosperous More...
A historic betrayal of the Antillean peoples
Hon. Mr. Eugene Rhuggenaath Prime Minister of Curacao Fort Amsterdam Curacao July 17, 2018 Subject: Meetings with Secretary-General and Security Council of the United Nations- a historic betrayal of the Antillean More...
US Ambassador
The newspapers of Tuesday, July 17, headlined that Pete Hoekstra, the US ambassador in The Hague, had a meeting with mr. Rhuggenaath. We are talking about the same Pete Hoekstra who stated in 2015 that the 'Islamic More...
The abandoned yachts on St. Maarten
Ten months after the disaster with Hurricane Irma, St. Maarten is still in ruins. Between the rubble of broken houses, roads and cars, lay expensive yachts that have been thrown onto the land by the hurricane and More...
Caribbean aviation taxes may cause economic strangulation
If an airport in the Caribbean wishes to be an international hub, or even a regional hub, it is probably well advised to drop departure taxes and other passenger taxes. Passenger taxation is ‘swamp taxation’ More...
