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Essays on patient rights, governance and power in Aruba — in Papiamento and English, written so anyone can use them.

PapiamentoAutonomy and Governance

Awe ta nan porta. Mañan por ta esun di bo

Bo cas mester ta e unico luga unda bo ta sinti bo mes sigur. Pero na Tanki Leendert, famianan inocente a lanta cu porta kibra, arma apunta riba nan, y miedo den nan curason.

19 Aug 2026 · 2 min read
PapiamentoHealthcare & Patients' rights

Poco riesgo no ta cero riesgo: Kico Aruba mester di DVG pa Hantavirus aworaki

E problema mas grandi no ta e brote — ta e credibilidad di DVG. 'No tin motibo di preocupa' no ta calma ningun hende. Pueblo por google. Pero ta na DVG pa boga pa nos.

8 May 2026 · 5 min read
PapiamentoAruba & Society

Calor fuerte ta yega — con pa prepara pa calor y secura 2026

Un temporada di secura y calor halto ta nos dilanti. Ban tuma pasonan di prevencion pa nos keda fuerte, cuida nos curpa, y cuida esnan vulnerabel y nos naturalesa.

6 May 2026 · 5 min read
EnglishHealthcare & Patients' rights

The Elephant Was Never Pink. It Was Always White

The truth behind the hospital fusion debate in Aruba. A patient is told their diagnostics must be repeated — not because the first test was wrong, but because the system does not fully recognize itself.

4 May 2026 · 8 min read
PapiamentoHealthcare & Patients' rights

E olifanti no ta ros, e ta blanco: fusion hospitalnan Aruba?

No tin ningun definicion oficial di loke ta un 'hospital' na Aruba. Bo no por absorba un institucion a base di limitacionnan cu bo mes a yuda crea. E problema no ta subtil. E ta un logica absurdo.

4 May 2026 · 5 min read
PapiamentoAutonomy and Governance

Ora gobierno ta “transparente”… pero nos ta keda mal bruha

Un sistema crea pa “transparencia” por crea mas confusion, dependencia y desigualdad. Si hasta un experto mester para y cuestiona e proceso… kico ta pasa cu e ciudadano vulnerabel?

22 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
PapiamentoAutonomy and Governance

HOFA: un decision pa autonomia berdadero (Parti 3) — HOFA Aruba y sindicatonan

Den Parti 3 di HOFA, mira e rol di sindicatonan: nan ta representa e trahado, pero tambe nan ta wak con decisionnan macro ta afecta autonomia y futuro di nos pais.

19 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
PapiamentoHealthcare & Patients' rights

Ora e sistema faya: un pashent sin AZV, sin c'e sa

Un pashent a perde su AZV pa un eror administrativo na CENSO. Aunke CENSO a coregi esaki, cobertura no a bolbe automaticamente. Esaki ta aceptabel?

17 Apr 2026 · 5 min read
EnglishHealthcare & Patients' rights

When Systems Don’t Speak: A Patient Left Without Health Coverage

A patient lost his health coverage due to an administrative error. Should citizens navigate complex systems alone, or should systems be designed to guide and protect them?

17 Apr 2026 · 5 min read
PapiamentoHealthcare & Patients' rights

Proteccion pa pashent cu aparato medico? (Parti 3)

AZV no ta un pagador neutral. Ora e autorisa, paga y controla e proceso, e tin responsabilidad tambe. Aki ta unda AZV tin e obligacion moral di construi e brug.

16 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
PapiamentoAruba & Society

Mi pareha ta controlami y mi WhatsApp. Kico mi por haci?

Mi pareha ta controla mi WhatsApp y cu ken mi ta papia. Esaki ta amor… of control? Esaki por ta un forma di violencia psicologico.

16 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
PapiamentoHealthcare & Patients' rights

Proteccion pa pashent cu aparato medico? (Parti 2)

Ora un aparato medico no ta traha, e ley civil ta proteha e pashent como consumidor. Pero den practica, ken ta asumi responsabilidad real pa e solucion?

15 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
PapiamentoHealthcare & Patients' rights

Proteccion pa pashent cu aparato medico? (Parti 1)

Un pashent cu a perde su pia despues di un amputacion a haya un protesis cu no ta adapta bon. Ki proteccion un pashent tin ora un aparato medico simplemente no ta traha?

14 Apr 2026 · 3 min read
EnglishHealthcare & Patients' rights

Malpractice 101

A malpractice case exposed deeper cracks in Aruba’s healthcare system. These are not isolated incidents but signs of structural neglect, fear, and eroding trust.

14 Apr 2026 · 5 min read
PapiamentoAutonomy and Governance

HOFA: un decision pa autonomia berdadero (Parti 2)

After decades of weak financial discipline, the real question is not autonomy versus control, but how to build credible institutions.

14 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
EnglishAutonomy and Governance

HOFA and the Question of Real Autonomy

Aruba faces a crucial decision: accept Rijkswet HOFA or not. The deeper question is what Aruba has done with its autonomy over the past forty years.

12 Apr 2026 · 5 min read
Papiamento

HOFA: un decision pa autonomia berdadero (Parti 1)

Aruba ta para dilanti un decision importante: Acepta Rijkswet HOFA, si of no? Awor kico e ta: un menasa of un bendicion disfrasa?

9 Apr 2026 · 4 min read
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