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 ...

The Netherlands Antilles previously known as the Netherlands West Indies or Dutch Antilles/West ... the island of Curacao was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...