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Dutch Caribbean

Parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean

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Dec 21, 2025
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In 14th/15th/16th/17th centuries, is this true that Jewish people were largely involved in slave trade?

Claims that Jews were "largely" or predominantly responsible for the European slave trade from the 14th through 17th centuries do not stand up to careful historical scrutiny: evidence shows Jewish par...

Jan 28, 2026

How many black people lived in the Netherlands in 1955

Direct answers to “ in 1955” cannot be produced from the available reporting because there are no official historical tallies in these sources; modern estimates put the contemporary in the hundreds of...

Jan 19, 2026

What enforcement mechanisms exist to collect international arbitration awards against Venezuela, and how successful have past efforts been?

International arbitration awards against Venezuela can be enforced through treaty-based mechanisms (ICSID), the New York Convention in national courts, and domestic assistance to arbitral tribunals, b...

Jan 5, 2026

Who was Wenceslau de Jonghe from Curaçao otrabanda?

The available reporting provided to this inquiry contains substantial material about Wenceslau de Moraes, a Portuguese writer who lived in Japan, and background on Otrabanda in Willemstad, Curaçao, bu...

Jan 5, 2026

Which jurisdictions have been most receptive to enforcing arbitration awards against Venezuela and PDVSA?

U.S. courts — especially the federal courts in the Third Circuit and Delaware — and certain Caribbean courts (notably Trinidad and Tobago and courts in the Dutch Caribbean such as Curaçao) have been t...

Jan 5, 2026

Which regional navies and coast guards (Caribbean and South American) have formal interdiction agreements with the U.S. under JIATF‑South?

JIATF‑South is an intelligence‑fusion hub that coordinates detection, monitoring and the handoff of suspected drug trafficking targets to partner navies and coast guards across the Caribbean and South...

Jan 4, 2026

What enforcement options do companies have to collect international arbitration awards from sovereign states like Venezuela?

Creditors that win arbitration awards against sovereigns have a toolkit but no guarantee: enforcement relies on converting awards into domestic judgments under the New York Convention or ICSID rules a...

Dec 3, 2025

Which Caribbean islands are major transshipment hubs for cocaine from Venezuela to the United States?

Caribbean islands most frequently identified in recent reporting and government analyses as major transshipment hubs for cocaine linked to Venezuela and onward routes include the Dominican Republic, H...