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Saturday 6 July 2019

Tie Dye workshops at Cosecha

San Nicolas — This month,
Cosecha will be collabo-
rating with international art-
ists of Tie Dye, Oscar Tadeo.
Tadeo is an artist special-
ized in dyeing techniques.
He uses natural dyeing
products exclusively made
by him. Cosecha sells lo-
cal, certified Arts & Crafts
including a large amount of
pieces that are made with
recycled material. More-
over, Cosecha together
with artists offers a vari-
ety of creative workshops
where recycled material is
regularly used to create a
piece of art or craft.

Cosecha will be presenting
two creative workshops of
Tie Dye. The first workshop
will teach the participant
how to dye t-shirts. In the
second workshop they will
learn how to dye a dress
and a long-sleeve shirt. The er. Most of his collection is refreshments are included.
greatness of this technique made out of this blue dye.
is that at the end you will Registration is required.
have a new piece of cloth- Both workshops will take Please register at Cosecha
ing made with your own place at Cosecha San San Nicolas or Cosecha
creativity. Nicolas on Saturday July Oranjestad. For more infor-
For the workshop at Co- 27th. The first workshop will mation call 587-8708 or 587-
secha, Tadeo will be us- be from 10:00AM-1:00PM 8709 or send an email to
ing the dye Indigo. This is a for participants 8 years and cosechaworkshop@gmail.
blue dye which is extracted older. The second work- com.
from the plants. This dye shop will be from 2:00PM- Also check out their
has been usedforcenturies. 5:00PM for participants 16 Facebook page Aruba
Tadeo is a fashiondesign- and older. Materials and Cosecha.q

25 years corporation in counterdrugs operations

between the Dutch Navy and the USA

security. The smaller (is-
lands)states of the Carib-
bean, including the islands
of the Dutch Caribbean,
can’t fight organized crime
and the flow of illicit traffick-
ing of drugs and weapons
on their own. International
partnerships form the solu-
tion. In JIATFS 20 countries
from the Latin American are innocent. The drug significant costs in health
and Caribbean regions problem weighs heavy on care, law enforcement
work together to combat society, accounting for and prevention.q
SAVANETA — Stopping the Recently the Dutch Navy illicit trafficking.
flow of illicit drugs in the Ca- ship HNLMS Groningen vis-
ribbean is a team effort. 25 ited Key West, where the Drugs are a worldwide
years ago the Royal Neth- Director JIATFS RADM De- problem. In the Caribbean
erlands Navy joined JIATF-S Quattro and Deputy Di- region most of the drugs
in Key West, FL. The Com- rector RDML Keck were smuggled across are co-
mander of the Dutch forces welcomed aboard to cel- caine, on its way to the US
in the Caribbean took up ebrate 25 years of close or Europe. Often it comes
the role of Commander cooperation between The together with illegal migra-
Task Group 4.4 (CTG4.4) Netherlands and the Unit- tion and guns trafficking.
and has been part of the in- ed States. Every year violence related
ternational effort against il- to drugs trafficking results in
licit trafficking in the region As CTG4.4 the Dutch Navy the loss of life of hundreds
ever since. helps to improve regional of people, of which many