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local Tuesday 7 March 2023
Minister of Finance meets with FITCH for financial and economic

evaluation of Aruba

(Oranjestad)—Last week,
Minister of Finance, Xio-
mara Maduro, met with rat-
ing company FITCH, who
these days are making a
financial and economic
evaluation of Aruba in or-
der to provide an insight
for future investors on the
credibility of the island na-
tion’s finance, expressed
through a rating.

During the meeting, Min-
ister Maduro, along with
professionals from the De-
partment of Finance, gave implementing; overview of Minister Maduro in order to end of March. Minister
a presentation that gives the jobs that correnspond FITCH also met with differ- learn more about the politi- Maduro hopes that the
an overview of the financial with the “Landspakket”; ent people and instances cal management which is Aruba’s economic recov-
and economic situation the financial supervision of on the island to hear their also of utmost importance ery and the dedication that
of Aruba. She explained CAFT and the businesses to side and to hear how they for stabilizing the rating for the government showed in
the economic recovery refinance the debt to The see the development and Aruba. attending to financial chal-
on the island following the Netherlands for their help recovery of Aruba. At the lenges of our island can be
pandemic; the Tax Plan with the costs of the pan- end, FITCH met with Prime FITCH’s evaluation report reflected in the “investing”
2023 that has already been demic. Minister Wever-Croes and can be expected at the rating of FITCH.q

Prime Minister Wever-Croes meets with young female students at

Culture Café in San Nicolas for International Women’s Day

(Oranjestad)—In light of In- were very happy and satis-
ternational Women’s Day, fied with the meeting with
Prime Minister Evelyn Wev- the prime minister and ex-
er-Croes recently met with pressed that it was very in-
a few female students at terest and an overall “nice”
Culture Café in San Nico- experience where a lot was
las. The prime minister ex- learned about Internation-
pressed that this meeting al Women’s Day. Students
was sincerely “super super” were glad to have had an
beautiful, where several opportunity to speak with
students from secondary the prime minister. They
schools like Colegio San considered the meeting a
Augustin, Filomena Col- “safe place” where they
lege, Abraham de Veer, were able to express their
Colegio Nigel Matthew opinions and feelings with
and EPB were all present. the prime minister.
During this meeting, there
were ideas interchanged, “It was a very inspiring af-
especially those related to ternoon, because the la-
women. dies were well-prepared
digitalization” and it is very ing. Additionally, there Students happy with the and they know exactly
This year’s theme for In- important to know what were other topics discussed meeting with the prime what they want. They also
ternational Women’s Day young women think of this in relation to women and minister recognized the impor-
is “to empower women topic. This was also a cen- womanhood. At the end of the meeting, tance for these kinds of
through innovation and tral theme during the meet- students who participated talks and meeting and this
will certainly not be the
last. I’m thankful for the
schools’ principals for their
cooperation with this meet-
ing. I’d also like to thank
the young ladies who at-
tended and their parents
for their cooperation. I will
take this memory with me
and work on some impor-
tant points brought forth by
the girls,” the prime minister
expressed. q