US officials: 16 nations agree to track Venezuela corruption
WASHINGTON - Finance ministers from several Latin American nations as well as the U.S. and Europe have agreed to work jointly to locate and seize the proceeds arising from corruption by Venezuelan government insiders, More...
The US names Curaçao as one of Caribbean’s major money laundering jurisdiction
WASHINGTON, WILLEMSTAD - The US has again named several Caribbean countries, including Curaçao, as ‘Major Money Laundering Jurisdictions’ in its new International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. The report More...
How to enjoy being an expatriate and still comply with U.S. taxes in Curaçao
Expat living is exciting, but we don't want to make it too exciting. The good news is that compliance is relatively simple. Curaçao is a party to FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act). It's possible that More...
Curaçao is an island unto itself when it comes to producing baseball players
WILLEMSTAD - A cruise ship rises into view just beyond the left-field foul line of Curacao's largest ballpark, and a row of tall, thin palm trees provide little shade to keep the diamond's rocky dirt infield from More...
The decline in exports of Venezuelan oil to the United States was threatening
The decline in exports of Venezuelan oil to the United States has assumed alarming proportions – he fell to a 15-year low. According to Thomson Reuters, in February, PDVSA and its joint venture sent to the United More...
Trump prohibits U.S. purchases of Venezuelan cryptocurrency
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump banned U.S. purchases of a cryptocurrency the Venezuelan government is rolling out, as part of a campaign to pressure the government of President Nicolas Maduro. Trump issued More...
Venezuela’s neighbors can’t wait for Uncle Sam
WASHINGTON - Venezuela’s refugee crisis is metastasizing. According to the United Nations, 5,000 Venezuelans have fled to Curacao, 20,000 to Aruba, 30,000 to Brazil, 40,000 to Trinidad and Tobago, and more than More...
U.S. ban on key oil material could choke Venezuelan production and operations at Curaçao refinery
HOUSTON - The outlook for declining oil production in Venezuela may get grimmer if the U.S. bans supply of a key commodity used to help Venezuelan crude flow from oilfields to the coast. Production in the More...
Citgo Petroleum slows Aruba refinery revamp due to US sanctions
HOUSTON - Houston-based Citgo Petroleum has slowed work on an overhaul of its 235,000-barrel-per-day Aruba refinery due to a lack of financing stemming from U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA, the refining More...
Curaçao “speed dates” its way through North American Travel Media
WILLEMSTAD - Recently, Curaçao participated in the TravMedia's International Media Marketplace in New York City. Ms. Gianina Atalita (CTB) and Ms. Michelle George (Diamond PR) met with 24 top-tier journalists in More...
