As I'm sure we all know, but sometimes forget...Aruba is part of Latin America as well. Aruba is considered a member state of the Netherlands and is located about 17 miles off the coast of Venezuela. Although it is now under Dutch it was colonized by Spain for over a century, and it now has a rather diverse population for such a small area. The main language spoken amongst the common folk is called papiamento which is a crazy mixture of Dutch, English, some African dialects, but mostly Spanish and Portuguese. The reason I am writing about Aruba is because it has recently become a topic of discussion with the news regarding the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in May of 2005. This article mentions a recording involving Joran van der Sloot (one of the previously main suspects in the disappearance) and a man, where van der Sloot apparently tells the man, "' he was with the Alabama teen on an Aruban beach when she apparently died and that a friend of his with a boat disposed of Holloway's body.'"
Pretty scary stuff.
Here's the link :
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/07/holloway.case/
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