Mexico City - Bolivia has given US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officers three months to leave the country ? claiming that agents were stirring up political strife in the deeply divided nation. This fall, Ecuadorians voted yes to a new Constitution that calls for the closure by next year of one of the most important US [...]

AMSTERDAM -(Dow Jones)- Van Lanschot Bankiers (30263.AE) Friday announced it has reached an agreement with ING Group’s (ING) ING Bank N.V. on the acquisition by Van Lanschot Bankiers (Curacao) N.V. of the private banking activities of ING Bank N.V. in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Van Lanschot has had a presence in Curacao since 1976, offering private banking, [...]

This has not been a great year so far for the Caribbean tourism industry. Seven named hurricanes have hit the region this fall, with Gustav and Omar wreaking the most damage. An earthquake registering 6.1 rocked parts of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. And, of course, the global financial meltdown has [...]

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao (NNS) — USS Farragut (DDG 99) departed Willemstad Sept. 3 after five days of conducting theater security cooperation events with the Dutch Navy and the people of Curacao during Partnership of the Americas (POA) 2008. POA 2008 is a U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)-sponsored program, implemented by 4th Fleet and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 40, designed [...]

WILLEMSTAD, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Several units at a 320,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery operated by Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA on the island of Curacao were offline on Monday due to a power outage, a refinery spokesman said.

CARACAS (MarketWatch) — While the dollar’s reputation has taken a beating in many of the world’s financial capitals, here in Venezuela the fallen-from-fashion greenback reigns supreme. Middle-class Venezuelans routinely hop the borders to neighboring countries to get their hands on illicit dollars, spawning a thriving and lucrative black market in local currency exchange. Some gamble on [...]

More than five weeks after public health authorities on the Caribbean island of Curaзao (Netherlands Antilles) impounded the Scientology cult’s 440-foot luxury liner “Freewinds,” the ship remains locked down. Experts advise that decontaminating the ship would cost millions of dollars and may not even be possible. Meanwhile, the cult continues to solicit funds for cruises [...]

PHILIPSBURG–The Netherlands is willing to assist St. Maarten in setting up a registry for big yachts. ?If St. Maarten wants to, the Netherlands will assist in building up the capability for the island to register big yachts. That would be an economically interesting activity. It?s in line with the tourism activities on the island,? said [...]

La Orchila, Venezuela, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela denounced the US decision to reactivate the 4th Fleet as a threat for the Caribbean and regional peace and reaffirmed its right to strengthen defense. At a military exercise held in La Orchila Island Defense Minister, General Gustavo Rangel, said his country has a right to defense. La Orchila [...]

AffiliateClub.com may be new to the industry, but the company certainly isn’t a novice when it comes to motivating its affiliates. Just ask the nine men who were part of an all-expenses paid excursion to the Caribbean island of Curacao earlier this month as part of a promotion AffiliateClub.com ran for its affiliates. “It was quite a [...]