Background: Once the center of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of Curacao was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the early 20th century with the construction of oil refineries to service the newly discovered Venezuelan oil fields. The island of Saint Martin is shared with France; its southern portion is named Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands Antilles; its northern portion is called Saint-Martin and is part of Guadeloupe (France).
March 28th 2008Central America Caribbean » Netherlands Antilles » Saba Following New Year's Eve, a series of events led to our final breakup and Joachim's departure from Saba in late January, without Nina.
Although many of you know of the details, I, Joachim, though ... [full story]
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