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Article: If you go ...and the Dutch ABCs at a glance.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- January 30, 2006
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Byline: Toni Stroud Salama
IF YOU GO:
GETTING THERE: Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao are in the Dutch Antilles no more than a 15- to 20-minute flight from one another. They're in the Caribbean, well out of the hurricane zone and so near South America that on a clear day you can see Venezuela.
The three islands share a common history: Arawak Indians supplanted by a round of Spanish, English and Dutch occupations, which brought with them the African slave trade. Dutch rule eventually prevailed, and continues on Bonaire and Curacao. Aruba works a bit differently in that it remains in the Dutch realm, but became internally self-governing in 1986 when it ...
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