Curaçao
Dutch Caribbean island country
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| 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. |
| 2024 | Curaçao Suns represent Curaçao at the 2024 Caribbean Series in Miami after winning the inaugural CPB tournament. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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%. |
| 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. |
| 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 | 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. |
| 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 | 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. |
| 2018 | Curaçao International Airport recorded top 10 busiest routes, with Netherlands leading at 41% of total passengers, followed by the United States at 17%. |
| September 2018 | During Curaçao Gay Pride, LGBT rights organizations FOKO Curaçao, Equality Curaçao, and Curaçao Gay Pro handed over a bill to Vice President of Parliament Giselle McWilliam to allow same-sex marriage in Curaçao. |
| 2017 | A proposal to grant same-sex couples some limited rights was introduced to the Estates of Curaçao. |
| 2017 | The Curaçao national football team won the Caribbean Cup by defeating Jamaica in the final, which qualified them for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. |
| June 2017 | Curaçao was named the Top Cruise Destination in the Southern Caribbean by Cruise Critic, with Willemstad's downtown area and food/shopping receiving high praise from cruise passengers. |
| May 11 2017 | William Millerson (PAR) became Speaker of the Parliament of Curaçao. |
| April 2017 | Party leader Gerrit Schotte publicly expressed his desire for Curaçao's independence, though this stance was later moderated by Gilmar Pisas. |
| March 2017 | Gilmar Pisas became the second MFK prime minister of Curaçao. |
| 2016 | A PNP Speaker and Jaime Córdoba (PS) as Deputy Speaker began their term. |
| 2015 | A new Speaker from the PNP party took office. |
| August 2015 | The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in the Oliari and Others v Italy case that it is discriminatory to provide no legal recognition to same-sex couples. |
| April 2015 | Representatives of all four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands agreed that same-sex couples should have equal rights throughout the Kingdom. |
| 2013 | Curaçao participated in the CARIFTA Games, with Kevin Philbert winning third place in the under-20 male Long Jump, and Vanessa Philbert securing second place in her event with a time of 4:47.97. |
| 2013 | Curaçao achieved significant cruise ship tourism growth, receiving 610,186 cruise passengers, which represented a 41.4% increase from the previous year. |
| 2013 | Hato International Airport handled 1,772,501 passengers and announced US$48 million in capital investments to transform into a regional hub by 2018. |
| 2012 | Dean Rozier (Independent, former MFK) briefly served as Speaker, followed by Amerigo Thodé (MFK) and Jaime Córdoba (PS). |
| 2011 | Curaçao implemented anti-discrimination laws protecting LGBTQ individuals in employment, provision of goods and services, and other areas. |
| 2010 | Hurricane Tomas brushed past Curaçao as a tropical storm, causing significant rainfall and flooding. The storm dropped nearly half the island's annual precipitation in a single day, resulting in two fatalities and over NAƒ50 million (US$28 million) in damage. |
| 2010 | Ivar Asjes (PS) and Amerigo Thodé (MFK) became Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Curaçao. |
| 2010 | Gerrit Schotte became the first Prime Minister of Curaçao, leading a coalition cabinet with MFK, PS, and MAN parties. |
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