Aruba,is officially known as the Country of Aruba. It is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands,situated in the south of the Caribbean Sea. Aruba is located approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of the Venezuelan peninsula of Paraguanáand 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Curaçao.
The Netherlands Antilles was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The country consisted of several island territories located in the Caribbean Sea. The islands were also informally known as the Dutch Antilles. The country came into being in 1954 as the autonomous successor of the Dutch colony of Curaçao and Dependencies. The Antilles were dissolved in 2010. The Dutch colony of Surinam,although it was relatively close by on the continent of South America,did not become part of the Netherlands Antilles but became a separate autonomous country in 1954. All the island territories that belonged to the Netherlands Antilles remain part of the kingdom today,although the legal status of each differs. As a group they are still commonly called the Dutch Caribbean,regardless of their legal status. People from this former territory continue to be called Antilleans in the Netherlands.
Bonaire is a Caribbean island in the Leeward Antilles,and is a special municipality of the Netherlands. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk,on the west (leeward) coast of the island. Aruba,Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC islands,80 km off the coast of Venezuela. Unlike much of the Caribbean region,the ABC islands lie outside Hurricane Alley. The islands have an arid climate that attracts visitors seeking warm,sunny weather all year round. Bonaire is a popular snorkeling and scuba diving destination because of its multiple shore diving sites and easy access to the island's fringing reefs.
Saba is a Caribbean island and the smallest special municipality of the Netherlands. It consists largely of the active volcano Mount Scenery,which at 887 metres (2,910 ft) is the highest point of the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands. The island lies in the northern Leeward Islands portion of the West Indies,southeast of the Virgin Islands. Together with Bonaire and Sint Eustatius it forms the BES islands,also known as the Caribbean Netherlands.
Sint Eustatius,known locally as Statia,is an island in the Caribbean. It is a special municipality of the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Antilles was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was dissolved on 10 October 2010.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands,commonly known as simply the Netherlands,is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of territories united under the monarch of the Netherlands who functions as head of state. The realm is not a federation;it is a unitary monarchy with its largest subdivision,the eponymous Netherlands,predominantly located in Western Europe and with several smaller island territories located in the Caribbean.
The Curaçao national football team represents Curaçao in international football,and is controlled by the Curaçao Football Federation.
The Caribbean Netherlands is a part of the Netherlands located outside of Europe,in the Caribbean,consisting of three so-called special municipalities. These are the islands of Bonaire,Sint Eustatius and Saba,as they are also known in legislation,or the BES islands for short. The islands are officially classified as public bodies in the Netherlands and as overseas territories of the European Union;as such,European Union law does not automatically apply to them.
The Caribbean guilder is a proposed new currency of Curaçao and Sint Maarten,the Caribbean islands which became "landen" within the Kingdom of the Netherlands,following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010. The Caribbean guilder would replace the Antillean guilder at par and be pegged to the U.S. dollar. In November 2020,it was announced that the Caribbean guilder would come into circulation the following year,but it was delayed several times.
The Bonaire national football team is the national football team of the Caribbean island of Bonaire,a public body of the Netherlands. It is under the control of the Bonaire Football Federation. It became a member of the CFU and an associate member of CONCACAF on 19 April 2013. after which it became a full CONCACAF member on 10 June 2014 The team can participate in the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Caribbean Cup because of their membership in the confederation and sub-confederation. However,Bonaire is not a member of FIFA and therefore can not compete in the FIFA World Cup or other FIFA events.
Jonathan Guus Ambrose Johnson has been the island governor of Saba since 2008.
The Dutch Caribbean Police Force is the law enforcement agency of the Caribbean Netherlands.
Evelina Betancourt-Anthony is an Aruban-born Bonairean health administrator and politician. From 1 December 2015 she has served as the Deputy Lieutenant Governor of the island and in the absence of the Island Governor fills the duties of that office.
The first cases of the COVID-19 pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 in North America were reported in the United States on 23 January 2020. Cases were reported in all North American countries after Saint Kitts and Nevis confirmed a case on 25 March,and in all North American territories after Bonaire confirmed a case on 16 April.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Sint Maarten,also known as the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Sint Maarten,was a part of the ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),which was confirmed to have reached the Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Maarten on 17 March 2020. By 15 June,all cases recovered. On 1 July,a new case had been discovered,which resolved on 3 July On 15 July,a 79th case was discovered.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Bonaire is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),which was confirmed to have reached the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire on 16 April 2020. On 28 April,all cases recovered. On 14 July,two new cases were discovered. On 13 August,all cases recovered.
Island Council elections were held in Sint Eustatius on 21 October 2020. Sint Eustatius is a special municipality of the Netherlands. The elections were originally to be held on 20 March 2019,but were postponed due to administrative intervention by the Dutch government. On 23 September 2019,a new election date was announced.
Island council elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 20 April 2007 to elect the members of the island councils of its five island territories. They were the last regular island council elections before the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010.
