Tag: Curaçao

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  Caracas to resume ties with Caribbean Dutch overseas territories gradually

  

  After resuming diplomatic ties with Colombia, the Venezuelan administration of President Nicolás Maduro is now advancing on its return to the international community through negotiations with The Netherlands to restore links with the European kingdom's islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire.

• Thursday, February 21st 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  Maduro's regime closes air and sea traffic from Caribbean islands to block humanitarian aid

  

  Venezuela’s government said on Wednesday that it was closing its border to air and sea traffic from three Caribbean islands in an effort to block aid shipments to the country organized by the Venezuelan opposition.

• Sunday, January 14th 2018 - 12:05 UTC

  First shipwreck of Venezuelan rafters

  

  It was midnight last january 10 when approx 30 venezuelans climbed a little traditional fisher ship after the order of a smuggler and left for the island of Curaçao, about 100 kilometers from where they sailed. After 3 months of planning and 7 hours of crossing over a rough sea, a large wave hits the small boat just few meters from the coast, tearing it to pieces, reported one of the survivors while waiting to be deported back to Venezuela after being rescued and detained by the Dutch authorities.