Annotations for Countries: Netherlands Antilles

Miami Herald also reports from The Hague the new socialist prime minister of the Netherlands says he hoped soon to initiate conversations aimed at granting full independence to Suriname and the Netherland Antilles, Dutch possessions in the western hemisphere. Suriname, formerly Dutch Guiana, is on the northeast coast of South America. The Netherlands Antilles consist of six Caribbean islands, with Curaçao as their administrative center. The prime minister, who heads a new center-left coalition, told the lower house of the Dutch parliament that the independence talks would begin as soon as a special commission on the subject could be formed. This from the Miami Herald.