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Curaçao has full autonomy on most matters, with the exceptions summed up in the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands under the title "Kingdom affairs". The Constitution of Curaçao was ratified in September 2010, and entered into force on 10 October 2010 upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles .
The Colonial Council was established to assist the Governor of the Colony of Curaçao and its members were appointed by the King of the Netherlands . It was based in Curaçao. In 1865, Curaçao's government regulation (Dutch: Regeringsreglement voor Curaçao en onderhorige eilanden) was altered to allow for a limited autonomy for the colony ...
Curaçao is one of the three autonomous countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (with Aruba and Saint-Martin).It has a constitution (Dutch: staatsregelingen) which governs its constitutional organization and which has been approved by a country law (Dutch: landverordening) adopted by a two-thirds majority of the local parliament, in application of Chapter IV of the Charter for the Kingdom ...
The Caribbean guilder will replace the Netherlands-Antillean guilder as mandated by a regional constitutional reform in October 2010 that changed the political status of Curacao and St. Maarten.
After the 1993 referendum failed to show support for a separate status for Curaçao, the government of the Netherlands Antilles tried to restructure the Netherlands Antilles and attempted to forge closer ties between the islands, as is exemplified by the adoption of an anthem of the Netherlands Antilles in 2000.
Curaçao, [a] officially the Country of Curaçao (Dutch: Land Curaçao; [10] Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), [11] [12] is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea, specifically the Dutch Caribbean region, about 65 km (40 mi) north of Venezuela.
Salt collection in Curacao. ... In 1954, Curaçao, together with the other Netherlands Antilles, gained political autonomy. Workers' revolt of 1969
A status referendum was held on the island of Curaçao on 19 November 1993. [1] The referendum was the result of a discussion about the future of the Netherlands Antilles, following the secession of Aruba in 1986.