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	CAT Report - Netherlands: Aruba (1995)
		Aruba is one of the few islands in the Caribbean where traits of the native Indian population are still evident.
		Furthermore, Aruba is characterized by the absence of commercially exploitable mineral resources; labour costs which are among the highest in the region; limited fresh water resources; soil salination; a dry climate and a strong trade wind.
		Aruba's Constitution, which is progressive and of recent date, includes the required safeguards for inhabitants of Aruba as well as for persons (whether criminals or not) who are on Aruba temporarily, as prescribed by international human rights conventions.
	www.law.wits.ac.za /humanrts/cat/aruba1995.html (3152 words)

	Aruba History & Aruba Culture \| iExplore.com
		On 1 January 1986, Aruba achieved internal autonomy, separating it administratively from the rest of the Netherlands Antilles, although it remains an integral part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
		Aruba is a separate entity within the Kingdom of The Netherlands, with a Governor appointed by the Dutch monarch, a 21-member parliament (or Staten), directly elected for a four-year term, and a Council of Ministers.
		Aruba is classed as an Associate Overseas Territory of the European Union.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Aruba/History (538 words)

	Aruba
		Aruba's population was 93,424 in 1998, as compared to 59,995 in 1987.
		Aruba's capital, Oranjestad, is on the southwestern coast.
		The governor of Aruba is the head of the Aruban government and the local representative of the Dutch monarch.
	www.everyculture.com /A-Bo/Aruba.html (4179 words)

	Arubans vote on new government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Among the major players in the election is a wealthy Aruban family that is fighting the extradition to the United States of two members charged with laundering profits from Colombian drug lords.
		In Aruba's free trade zone, Clinton said, the Mansurs own and operate many firms, and cocaine is smuggled in cargo containers that never are inspected.
		Aruba, which broke away from the Netherlands Antilles, is a separate member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, equal in political stature to the Caribbean island group and Holland.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/97/12/13/aruba-elxn.2-0.html (413 words)

	Aruba
		Aruba was discovered in 1499 by the Spaniards, who remained until 1636, when, near the culmination of the 80 Year War between Spain and the Netherlands, the Dutch took possession.
		Aruba continues to maintain direct ties with the Netherlands, but has complete autonomy over its own internal affairs, while the Kingdom is constitutionally responsible for defense and external affairs.
		Aruba is a party to the Paris Union (1883) for the Protection of Industrial Property, to other Unions related to patents, trademarks and industrial designs, and is also a party to the Bern Convention (1886) for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
	www.onlinelearning.net /instructors/smurr/LatAm/Carib/aruba.html (6033 words)

	About us Aruba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Dutch captured the islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire from the Spanish in 1636 and Curaçao became the administrative capital for the Dutch West India Company in the Netherlands Antilles.
		Aruba with a total area of 180 square kilometers, is located in the Caribbean Sea,and is among the most southern of the Lesser Antilles islands approximately 19 miles north of Venezuela.
		Since Aruba assumed separate status within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986, the island has full autonomy in internal affairs, but the Dutch Government is still responsible for defence and foreign affairs.
	www.ey.com /global/content.nsf/Netherlands_Antilles/About_us_Aruba (293 words)

	Aruba: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Aruba required little labor to support its horse and cattle-raising industry, which explains why only 12 per cent of the population was of African origin by the time slavery was abolished.
		In the 1985 election, eight seats were won by the MEP, seven by the AVP and the remaining six by three minor parties who entered a coalition with the AVP.
		In 1986 Aruba split off from the Netherlands Antilles as a first step towards what was to be total independence in 1996.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=203 (761 words)

	Elections in Aruba information information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office.
		It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.
		Aruba has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Elections_in_Aruba (146 words)

	Aruba Business - The Aruba Chamber Of Commerce and Industry
		The Aruba Chamber of Commerce and Industry was instituted on the 8th of September 1930 by law as the official representative of trade and industry on Aruba.
		The members of the Board are elected by residents of Aruba with Dutch nationality whom for one year preceding compilation of the voters' register, appear in the Commercial Register as either owner, manager, director or general proxy.
		According to the Commercial Register Ordinance all business operating in Aruba must be registered in the Commercial Register of Aruba (Trade Register), and all changes in the registered data must be submitted to this Register.
	www.visitaruba.com /business/chamber/chamber.html (986 words)

	Timeline - Aruba
		Aruba police arrested the father of a young Dutch teen already in custody in connection with the disappearance of a young Alabama woman, and said that he was considered a suspect in the 3-week-old case.
		In Aruba a court ruled that lesbian couple has the right to register their marriage rejecting a government appeal in a case that has exposed a cultural rift between Holland and its former colony.
		Aruba election board officials reported that the ruling party kept its majority in parliament in legislative elections for all 21 seats.
	timelinesdb.com /listevents.php?subjid=475&title=Aruba (238 words)

	FIU Library -- Internet Resources -- Latin America and the Caribbean
		In the election for the Senado, the Partido Justicialista won with 40% (or 40 seats), the Alianza received 23.3% (24 seats for the UCR and 1 seat for the FREPASO), the Partido Humanista came in with 2.6%, the Acción por la República with 2.2%, and the PTS with 0.7%.
		In the July 2, 2000 election, the PAN formed part of the victorious Alianza por Cambio and was allotted 218 seats in the Cámara de Diputados and 46 in the Cámara de Senadores.
		In the legislative elections on that same day, the PLC came in first with 53.2% of the vote (or 47 out of the 90 seats), the FSLN was second with 42.1% (43 seats), and the PCN received 2.1% (or 2 seats).
	library.fiu.edu /internet/subjects/caribbean/polparties.html (11036 words)

	Aruba (09/06)
		In 1986 Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles and became a separate, autonomous member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
		Aruba is an observer in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), an associate member of the World Trade Organization through the Netherlands, and is a full member of the Association of Caribbean States.
		The U.S. Consulate General for Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles is located at J.B. Gorsiraweg #1, Willemstad, Curacao; tel.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/22491.htm (1437 words)

	Education World® - Social Sciences : Political Science : World Government : Caribbean : General Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)*
		Aruba Election 1997 Final Results Browse a chart of results according polling center, including voter turnout and a comparison with previous elections.
		Aruba Movimiento Electoral di Pueblo Official site of Aruba's Moviemiento Electoral di Pueblo provides official links to party news and events in Aruba, available in Spanish only.
		CNN Election Watch Dominican Republic Peruse results of the 1998 and 1994 elections to the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.
	db.education-world.com /perl/browse?cat_id=2151 (556 words)

	Aruba information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Aruba is completely outside the huricane belt and with the cooling trade winds, this island is one of the most temperate islands in the Caribbean.
		If you come to Aruba, take a trip to this part of the island and experience the sights and sounds of the crashing waves washing upon the jagged rocky coast.
		The earliest settlement of the island of Aruba brought people to these shores a melange of people from the South American and European continets, and later from the Far East and other parts of the Caribbean, whose cultures have added a unique and piquant flavor to the lives of it's inhabitants and visitors.
	www.carigem.org /aruba.htm (2567 words)

	Aruba Party Keeps Majority in Parliament
		ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Aruba's ruling party kept its majority in parliament in legislative elections for all 21 seats, election board officials reported on Saturday.
		Voter turnout was at 85 percent, according to the board of elections.
		Aruba has recently been in the spotlight as the tourist haven where 18-year-old Alabama resident Natalee Holloway went missing on May 30, but her case was not the focus of election debate in Aruba where violent crime is rare.
	www.ktar.com /?nid=25&sid=78458 (306 words)

	Manchebo Beach Resort & Spa - Calendar of events \| Aruba Carnival
		Aruba’s biggest party of the year is a month-long celebration consisting of festive “jump-ups” (street parties), spectacular parades and creative contests.
		Aruba’s youth is duly represented during Carnival by their own queen, who is elected from among the nominated youth queens representing different districts, schools and /or social clubs.
		Aruba is among the first to host an international tournament in the new sport of beach tennis.
	www.aruba-manchebo.com /about_aruba/calendar.shtml (2502 words)

	Aruba Vacation and Holiday Activities
		The Aruba Golf Club presents the challenge of the Caribbean's most unusual nine-hole golf course, with oiled sand greens, the ever-present trade winds, and an occasional goat as a live hazard.
		Diving in Aruba is famous for the spectacular shipwrecks and interesting coral formations that dominate Aruba’s underwater realm.
		Aruba is one of the premier locations for this exciting new sport.
	www.caribbeantravelweb.com /aruba/activities.htm (897 words)

	Aruba: A Drug Trafficker's Paradise
		Aruba has large free-zone facilities (areas that allow goods to be held and then re-shipped elsewhere without paying an import or duty tax), which provide opportunities for bulk shipments of cocaine to transit the area without the scrutiny of local officials.
		Aruba has a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), known as the Meldpunt Ongebruikelijke Transacties (MOT), and is a member of the Egmont Group, an international group of FIUs.
		Aruba is not a source country for any of the chemicals used in illicit drug production and has no specific legislation controlling essential chemicals.
	www.theconservativevoice.com /articles/article.html?id=7437 (1087 words)

	ArubaSource.com - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Aruba is a small island in the Caribbean.
		The Aruba Source of information will try to inform you on all kind of fronts about Aruba.
		Aruba is in constant development, therefore will this site frequently be updated.
	www.arubasource.com /index.php?id=avp (155 words)

	Elections in Peru - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia
		As such, parties must work with one another to form coalition governments.
		Sale of alcohol and carrying firearms (except for Members of the Armed Forces and the National Police) are forbidden during an election.
		Political gatherings are forbidden, while public gatherings of any sort are prohibited during voting hours, including religious liturgies and entertainment shows.
	www.medbib.com /Elections_in_Peru (149 words)

	2005 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in the Netherlands
		Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles are two autonomous countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; they also feature parliamentary systems and full constitutional protection of human rights.
		During the year, the governments of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba continued to improve prison staffing and capacity to address concerns by the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture.
		New women's and juvenile sections opened at the correctional institute Aruba while the detention center in Bonaire was renovated and placed under the supervision of the Netherlands Antilles Prison Service.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61666.htm (4816 words)

	Elections and Electoral Systems by Country
		The Center for Voting and Democracy is dedicated to fair elections where every vote counts and all voters are represented.
		Election results since 2003, clickable maps down to municipal level
		Presidential election 200 and State Duma election 19th Dec 1999
	www.psr.keele.ac.uk /election.htm (1418 words)

	The Nation Newspaper \| Oduber holds majority in Aruba's elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Voter turnout was at 85 per cent, according to the board of elections.
		Aruba has recently been in the spotlight as the tourist haven where United States teen, Natalee Holloway, went missing on May 30.
		But her case was not the focus of election debate in Aruba where violent crime is rare.
	www.nationnews.com /298356553111034.php (155 words)

	The World Factbook -- Aruba
		elections: the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed for a six-year term by the monarch; prime minister and deputy prime minister elected by the Staten for four-year terms; election last held 28 September 2001 (next to be held by December 2005)
		Henry Baarh, Minister Plenipotentiary for Aruba at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
		Aruba's small labor force and exceptionally low unemployment rate have led to a large number of unfilled job vacancies, despite sharp rises in wage rates in recent years.
	aruba.noggle.com (834 words)

	FIU Library -- Internet Resources -- Latin America and the Caribbean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In 1983, UCR candidate Raúl Alfonsín was elected president to be succeeded in 1989 by Carlos Saúl Menem, the Peronist victor in the elections.In the elections of 1995, the UCR again lost to the PJ.
		Founded in 1964, the UBP is a conservative party advocating a policy of participatory democracy and free enterprise Its current leader is Pamela F. Gordon.
		The party has a pro-Christian democratic orientation, and its strength tends to be concentrated in urban centers and, regionally, in the North and the West.
	weblib.fiu.edu /internet/subjects/caribbean/polparties.html (11036 words)

	N.V. ELMAR Aruba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Dutch Caribbean island lies at the heart of the southern Caribbean, 19 miles north of the Venezuelan coast, about 2 hours and 30 minutes by air from Miami, Florida and within easy flying distance of other major U.S. cities.
		Until the end of 1985, Aruba was a member of the Netherlands Antilles.
		Defense and foreign affairs of Aruba are the responsibility of the Dutch government
	www.elmararuba.com /bdAruba.html (313 words)

	Aruba
		Aruba's judicial system, which has mainly been derived from the Dutch system, operates independently of the legislature and the executive.
		After a break in the coalition between the ruling Arubaanse Volkspartij (AVP) and the Organisashon Liberal Arubano (OLA), the election due in July 1998 was pushed forward to December 1997.
		In 2005 elections, the MEP maintained its majority in parliament with 43% of the vote, earning a slim majority with 11 seats in the Staten.
	www.infoplease.com /country/profiles/aruba.html (635 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Arubans choose new parliament, amid immigration and wage concerns
		Aruba, about the size of Washington D.C., also became the focus of international scrutiny this year after American teen Natalee Holloway disappeared on the final night of her high school graduation trip to the island.
		The rest are in the hands of two smaller left-of-center parties – the Patriotic Party of Aruba, which holds two seats, and the Liberal Organization of Aruba, which has one.
		Aruba's population has grown by more than 50 percent since 1991 to more than 100,000 people – an increase fueled in part by immigrants from Venezuela and Colombia who were encouraged to come by the government to fill service sector jobs.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050922-2006-aruba-elections.html (466 words)

	Government Of Aruba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/aruba_country_government.shtml (448 words)

	PRFree.com Free Press Release Distribution and Writing Service
		Local activists are not only gearing up for the upcoming September elections in Aruba, but one group in particular has stepped up its attacks on the MEP government, accusing the government of being in serious violation of international human rights laws a
		Local activists are not only gearing up for the upcoming September elections in Aruba, but one group in particular has stepped up its attacks on the MEP government, accusing the government of being in serious violation of international human rights laws and violating the basic human rights of its own citizenry.
		The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, a division of the United States Department of State, recently called the prison system in Aruba "substandard." Mathew and many others plan on addressing their concerns not only in the upcoming elections in Aruba but also to the United States and the United Nations.
	www.prfree.com /index.php?cur=index&action=preview&id=26858&old=aW5kZXhbYWN0aW9uPW5ld3MmbW9kZT1tc2Fd (719 words)

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