A PECULIAR economic and international situation exists in the islands of Curaçao and Aruba, two of the three Dutch West Indies lying off the coast of Venezuela. During the last few years these two ...

February25, 2007: If Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez made a grab for the Dutch West Indies (specifically the islands of Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire), could the Dutch really do anything about it? The ...

Eye-witness accounts of rioting in the Dutch West Indies colony of Curacao have confirmed earlier reports that Jewish-owned business establishments suffered severe damage. Travellers reaching here ...

The islands, once called the Dutch West Indies, were colonised in the 17th Century. Formerly the centre of the slave trade, Curacao was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863 but its ...

In 1954 the colonial status of Curaçao and the rest of the Dutch West Indies changed when the islands became autonomous within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Over the years the settlement of the ...

Your weekend agenda on this Dutch West Indies isle: cove-hopping, sipping blue Curaçao liqueur, exploring a complex past and late-night people-watching Turquoise waters, delicious seafood ...

This tiny Dutch West Indies island in the Southern Caribbean ... in the Americas and a UNESCO World Heritage site of a capital, Curacao is a must-experience. Curaçao is said to be more European ...

the famous Mikve Israel Cemetery in Curacao, Netherlands West Indies. Prof. Seymour Z. Lewin, who developed a compound for preserving stone, was invited to Curacao by Congregation Mikve Israel ...

The islands, once called the Dutch West Indies, were colonised in the 17th Century. Formerly the centre of the slave trade, Curacao was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863 but its ...