Venezuela is no threat to the former Netherlands Antilles,
but it is a risk. This is according to Minister Bert Koenders of Foreign
Affairs, last Thursday after the debate on the tensions in the South American
country. “The economic situation is very bad, even the political tensions are
great,” he said. That is why the Netherlands should consider the deteriorating
situation in Venezuela and any risk to the islands of the former Netherlands
Antilles. He was reacting to criticism voiced by the Dutch political parties
VVD, SP, D66 and CDA. They feel that the government is naive and in their eyes
barely acting on the explosive situation. But according to Koenders there are
all kinds of consultations on the situation in Venezuela, with the country
itself, with Cuba, the United States and the European Union. More…
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