NL-Aid closed because of Carnaval

NL-Aid is closed for 3 days because of Carnaval. New blogs and articles will be published at 21st Februari. Regards, NL-Aid Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on Linkedin Share on technorati Tweet about it Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend

Dutch, Flemish MPs vote to fight for Afrikaans

Motion-Bosma voted in at Dutch Language Union: Dutch, Flemish MPs agree to actively campaign for Afrikaans-language rights: supported by parties ranging from D66 (far-left) to Vlaams Belang (Flemish conservatives) The Interparliamentary committee of the Dutch Language Union has voted in a motion calling on the Ministers of Flanders and the Netherlands to become actively engaged [...]

Generational Poverty among Black Lower Classes in Suriname: Unraveled or Begging for More Questions?

This is the Third post in a Series on Poverty of Blacks in Suriname and the rest of The Caribbean; This post deals with Gender and Black Leadership, and the notion that progress of Blacks is typically impeded by Colonialism, Imperalist Forces and Capitalism. The case of Suriname offers a more nuanced view, demonstrating the [...]

Netanyahu visits Holland: agreement about regular common meetings of the Dutch and Israeli cabinets

The Dutch government has realized at least one point from the agreement on the basis of which it was installed in 2010 by Liberals and Christian Democrats with the passive support of Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV), the point that stipulated that Holland would strive to ‘strenghten the bond with Israel’. The wish became reality [...]

Politicization, Political Leadership and Colonialism in Suriname during the Inter-Bellum and Beyound

Introduction The idea that the onset of democratization gave rise to leadership is a flawed conception grounded in the assumption that during colonization political organization was at best non-existent. The investigation of politicization in Latin America a few years ago revealed surprising details on early politicization and political organization. For example Blanco (1835, Uruguay) and [...]

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