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Article: Referendum on future status.(NETHERLANDS ANTILLES)(Curacao)(Brief Article)
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- Caribbean Update
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Curacao, the largest island of the Dutch Antilles, will hold a referendum on April 8, 2005 on its future status with options ranging from the status quo to complete independence from the Netherlands, Dutch media reported, reports Caribbean Net News (Nov. 27, 2004):
The referendum, will let voters choose between four options. They can choose a status quo, with Curacao remaining a member of the Dutch Antilles. A second option is for the island to become an autonomous country within the kingdom of the Netherlands, so-called status aparte. Another choice is for Curacao, which has a population of just over 150,000, to become a sort of province of the Netherlands. ...