Writing

Every column and essay in the register, newest first. Articles run from 2007; the wider record of published work runs from 1998.

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Jouvert = Jouvert!

9 February 2026

Most weeks, I write about heavy things. Economics. Law. Governance. Long arcs and hard edges. I don’t mind that work. It matters. But every now and then, i

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Between inheritance and intention: a letter to my sons on Aruba’s 40th Status Aparte

1 February 2026

To mark 40 years of Status Aparte is to do more than remember a date. It is to look around, to look back, and to look ahead. To ask ourselves what we’ve bu

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40 JAAR STATUS APARTEGiants in the Living Room: the quiet architect Delwin Gomez

26 January 2026

A personal tribute to a fellow architect of the Status Aparte - my father. I was born in 1969, the year the flames ignited in Curaçao, and the smoke drifte

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40 JAAR STATUS APARTE Reuzen in de huiskamer: de bescheiden bouwer Milton Delwin Gomez

22 januari 2026

Een persoonlijk eerbetoon aan een mede-grondlegger van de Status Aparte, mijn pa. Ik ben geboren in 1969, het jaar dat de vlam in de pan sloeg op Curaçao e

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No Discounts Allowed: How the 2026 Workweek Reform Quietly Raised Labor Costs

19 January 2026

Back in late 2024, I warned that the shift from a 45-hour to a 40-hour workweek was not going

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40 Jaar Status Aparte

17 januari 2026

PRESS RELEASE - PERSBERICHT - COMMUNICADO DI PRENSA Commemorative volume 40 Years of Status Aparte The commemorative volume 40 Jaar Status Aparte: Tussen v

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From Ruins to Radiance: Aruba’s 2026 Starts Right Here

12 January 2026

A new year, a new chapter - and if we do this right, a new era for Aruba’s cities. We start the year not just with resolutions, but with resolve. Because t

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Venezuela, Trump, and the Logic of Intervention

4 January 2026

Happy New Year, friends. As soon as we were done lighting our fireworks in Aruba - part of our annual tradition - POTUS lit his own, and they were of a ver

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2025

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Justice, courts and the legal profession

Two Aviation Cases. Two Courts. Two Very Different Outcomes.

29 December 2025

It’s rare for aviation-related matters to land in administrative court in our part of the Kingdom - rarer still for it to happen twice, in summary proceedi

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What the Judge Brings to the Bench

21 December 2025

Not long ago, I wrote about a hearing that reminded me why this profession still matters to me after all these years. It was a case that showed how much di