Curaçao
Dutch Caribbean island country
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| 2025 | MFK wins 13 of 21 seats in the Curaçao election, becoming the dominant political party. |
| 2025 | Party secures a significant victory with 41,638 votes, representing 55.22% of votes, maintains its position as 1st placed party and continues in Coalition government. |
| 2025 | Curaçao Goats participate in the 2025 Serie de las Américas in Nicaragua as the league champion. |
| 2025 | Juremi Profar was named Most Valuable Player of the Curaçao Professional Baseball League for the 2025 season while playing for the Goats team. |
| 2025 | Curaçao Goats won the Professional Baseball League championship, defeating the Willemstad Cannons 2-0, with Soric Liberia as their manager. |
| 2025 | MFK wins a landslide victory with 41,638 votes (55.22%), securing 13 of 21 seats in the Parliament of Curaçao and forming a coalition government. |
| 2025 | General election held for the Parliament of Curaçao, determining the composition of the legislative body of this Caribbean island nation. |
| February 2025 | Prime Minister Luc Mercelina confirmed that same-sex marriages performed in the Dutch Kingdom or EU countries can be registered in Sint Maarten. |
| 2024 | Curaçao Suns represent Curaçao at the 2024 Caribbean Series in Miami after winning the inaugural CPB tournament. |
| September 2024 | The first same-sex marriage in Aruba took place during the last week of September. |
| July 27 2024 | The first same-sex marriage in Curaçao occurred in Otrobanda, Willemstad between Danika Marquez and Melinda Angel. |
| July 12 2024 | The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled that same-sex marriage is legal in Curaçao, upholding the Appeals Court decision that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation. |
| June 19 2024 | A second vote on the same-sex marriage bill in Aruba's Parliament resulted in the same split vote, causing the bill to fail again. |
| May 28 2024 | Curaçao women's national football team participated in Caribbean Queens friendly matches, playing against Aruba and Trinidad & Tobago from May 28 to June 3, 2024 |
| May 8 2024 | Aruba's Parliament voted on a same-sex marriage bill, with ten MPs voting in favor, ten against, and one MP (Shailiny Tromp-Lee) abstaining, resulting in the bill failing to pass. |
| 2023 | Jonathan Martijn was named Most Valuable Player of the Curaçao Professional Baseball League for the 2023 season while playing for the Willemstad team. |
| 2023 | The Campo Alegre property was put up for auction, and the Curaçao government ultimately purchased the property to gain more control over its future use and potential development. |
| 2023 | Curaçao women's national football team participated in competitive matches during the 2023 calendar year, representing their country in international football competitions. |
| December 10 2023 | The first CPB tournament concludes with the Curaçao Suns winning the inaugural championship title. |
| December 3 2023 | The inaugural edition of the Curaçao Professional Baseball League (CPB) tournament begins at Tio Daou Ballpark in Willemstad, Curaçao. |
| June 2023 | Melissa Gumbs, a member of Sint Maarten's Parliament, announced plans to introduce a same-sex marriage bill. |
| May 2023 | MP Rennox Calmes introduced a bill in Curaçao to ban same-sex marriage in the Constitution. |
| 2022 | KLM became the top airline at the airport, holding a 29% passenger share and primarily serving Amsterdam, followed by TUI fly Netherlands at 19%. |
| December 6 2022 | The Joint Court of Justice ruled that same-sex marriage bans in Aruba and Curaçao were unconstitutional, with the ruling's effect stayed until 7 March 2023. |
| June 2022 | Opposition Accion 21 party introduced a bill to allow same-sex marriage to Parliament in Aruba. |
| 2021 | An Aruban poll found 49% support for registered partnerships for same-sex couples and 46% support for same-sex marriage, with significantly higher support (around 75%) among people under 30 and those with higher education. |
| 2021 | General election held for the Parliament of Curaçao. The Movement for the Future of Curaçao won the most votes (27.76%) and gained 4 seats. The election saw several new parties entering the parliament, including Kòrsou Esun Miho and Work for Curaçao, each winning 1 seat. |
| 2021 | Ana Vargas becomes the head coach of the Curaçao women's national football team, succeeding Marizol Boomberg. |
| 2021 | Under Gilmar Pisas's leadership, MFK won the election, becoming the largest party with 9 of 21 seats in the Parliament of Curaçao. |
| September 2021 | Aruba began recognizing registered partnerships, providing many of the rights and benefits of marriage to same-sex couples. |
| September 13 2021 | The Court of First Instance in Curaçao found that excluding same-sex couples from marriage was contrary to constitutional equality principles. |
| September 1 2021 | Registered partnerships law came into effect, providing almost all rights offered to married couples, including spousal pensions and emergency medical decision-making for partners. |
| May 11 2021 | Charetti America-Francisca (MFK) became Speaker of the Parliament of Curaçao, with a representative from PNP as Deputy Speaker. |
| March 19 2021 | General elections were held in Curaçao, occurring two days after the 2021 Dutch general election. |
| 2020 | Multiple political parties were established in this year: Work for Curaçao (TPK) led by Rennox Calmes, Un Kambio pa Kòrsou (UKPK), Kòrsou un Munisipio Ulandes Nobo (KUMUN), and Kòrsou Vishonario (VISHON) led by Miles Mercera. |
| 2020 | Campo Alegre, Curaçao's largest open-air brothel, was closed after 71 years of continuous operation. A government-appointed working group was established to propose potential future scenarios for the site. |
| September 2020 | The same-sex marriage bill was withdrawn due to lack of support. |
| June 24 2020 | A demonstration by civil servants and waste collectors against austerity measures turned into a riot in Willemstad, resulting in 48 arrests, city district lockdowns, and a general curfew. |
| June 3 2020 | Ana-Maria Pauletta (PAR) succeeded William Millerson as Speaker. |
| May 27 2020 | The Court of First Instance of Aruba ruled that the government was acting unlawfully by not offering an alternative to marriage for same-sex couples. |
| 2019 | Eurobarometer poll revealed 92% support for same-sex marriage in the Netherlands, contrasting with lower support in Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten. |
| 2019 | Curaçao is the Best (KEM) party was founded by Michelangelo Martines, positioning itself as a centre-left social democratic party. |
| 2019 | Curaçao's national football team traveled to Thailand and participated in the King's Cup, ultimately winning the tournament by defeating Vietnam in the final. |
| 2019 | PDVSA's lease on the island's oil refinery expired, marking a significant change in the island's oil industry operations. |
| June 4 2019 | A same-sex marriage bill was submitted to Curaçao's Parliament by members of the Partido MAN and the Real Alternative Party. |
| June 4 2019 | The bill for same-sex marriage was submitted to the Estates of Curaçao. |
| 2018 | Storm-petrel taxonomic classification changes, with species previously included in the Hydrobatidae family being moved to the Oceanitidae family. |
| 2018 | Klein Curaçao was designated as a protected Ramsar site, recognizing its international importance as a wetland ecosystem and wildlife habitat. |
| 2018 | Recorded average carbon dioxide emissions per person on the island were 52 tonnes, the second highest in the world according to the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research. |
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