This is an excellent idea. I am working on my letter to start sending to Aruban officials, starting with Mr. Edison Briesen, Minister of Tourism and Transportation, e-mail: minvscs@setarnet.aw
and Aruba Tourism Authority, e-mail: ata.aruba@aruba.com
Here is a website with Aruba Tourism Authority offices addresses, phone #'s, FAX #'s and e-mail addresses in Aruba, major cities in the USA, Canada, So. America, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia:
Thanks for the email addys Sheba.
Thanks, Sheba for the good idea. Will get on with writing letters tomorrow too. Do you have any idea what the post about the group that bought the Curacao bank that you posted the other day means to the NH investigation? I'm puzzled.
BOYCOT DI ALABAMA TA VIOLA UN SENTENCIA BIEU DI CORTE SUPERIOR
Translation: Boycott of Alabama is in violation of Superior Court
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Diario has a report that claims that Alabama's boycott of Aruba is apparently in violation of the Supreme Court ruling in June, 2000 that affirmed the judgment of the First Circuit Court of Appeals, which had struck down the Massachusetts Burma Law (which prohibited contracting with companies doing business with Burma unless there were no comparable bids).
The case was CROSBY, SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE OF MASSACHUSETTS, ET AL. v.
NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL
The District Court permanently enjoined the state Act's enforcement, and the First Circuit affirmed.
Held: The state Act is preempted, and its application unconstitutional, under the Supremacy Clause.
http://www.justia.us/us/530/363/case.html
The Mass. Burma Law officially boycotted businesses that did business with Burma (also known as Myanmar), from doing business with the state of Mass (unless there were no comparable bids).
Alabama's governor has called for an informal tourist boycott of Aruba, which does not seem to me to be the same as the official Mass. Burma Law boycott was.
Funny isn't it?
I hope it is illegal, what are they going to do about it?
It's perfect justice until they realize that murder is illegal let's keep breaking laws and use the island for target practice.
Aruba is firing water pistols
It occurs to me that a letter-writing campaign from individual Americans to the commom Aruban people might be the way to get something done. I mean the actual Arubans, not business associations, govt officials, etc. I sincerely believe the latter propagandize the common Arubans and misdirect their hopes and espirit de corps. Lets face it, the place is a plantation and needs a revolution, and the Natalee matter could be the spark. I am sure that 99% of the common Arubans have more interest in each others well-being than loyalty to their masters who are already talking about expanding their operations elsewhere, as can be seen by this talk of other "developments".
I'll bet that a few thousand such letters sent by an equal amount of DIFFERENT American writers, EACH LETTER DIFFERENTLY WORDED with the same basic message would have more effect than the many thousands already sent to the rulers. But they should not be form letters in any case......the Arubans themselves will take care of circulating them and discussing them......to date, all they know is what their rulers have put into their heads. The letters would need to be sincere, compassionate, and non-threatening, IMO, and call on the integrity and human decency of those who would receive them.
The Aruban white pages or some other address book is all that would be necessary.......I'm not sure if the average Aruban households all have telephone service.....