Economic Mission: Dutch Companies Invited to Apply for Economic Mission to Miami - April 17-20

Dutch companies that specialize in innovative solutions in life sciences, healthcare, and sustainable urban solutions are invited to join an economic mission to Miami April 17-20 that will explore opportunities to collaborate with their counterparts in the US and Latin America.

Lilianne Ploumen, the Netherlands’ Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, will lead the mission with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, the Netherlands Network for Innovation, Technology and Science, and the Miami Consulate General of the Netherlands.

The mission is intended to introduce and connect promising Dutch IT-driven innovations in life sciences and healthcare to counterparts in the United States and Latin America.Companies and knowledge institutions that are active in sustainable urban solutions, healthcare IT, educational tools in healthcare, or other high-tech solutions with medical applications are welcome to join this mission. IT companies that focus on entertainment, media, gaming, educational technology and finance will also be present at the eMerge Americas conference.

As part of the mission, participants will have the opportunity to attend the eMerge Americas Showcase/Conference April 18-19 and take part in matchmaking and company visits on April 20. IT companies that focus on entertainment, media, gaming, educational technology and finance will also be present at the eMerge Americas conference.

eMerge Americas is a unique platform for the advancement of technology, a forum for idea exchange, and a launching pad for innovations to Latin America, North America, and Europe.

The Netherlands Consulate General in Miami sees opportunities for the Dutch IT and life science and health sectors specifically for the rapidly emerging opportunities in healthcare in the U.S. and Latin America.

Think you might be onto something? Showcase your innovation at eMerge Americas in Miami and compete with other startups from around the globe. With hundreds of angel investors and venture capitalists on the expo floor, the exposure alone is powerful. Winning has its perks, too — up to $175,000 in cash and prizes.

The Netherlands Consulate General in Miami is helping Dutch startups to showcase their technologies. Email Barbara Staals, Miami Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, to learn more.

See also: Learn more about the mission (in Dutch), including instructions to apply.and watch video eMerge Video.

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Cuba-USA: A new chapter in Cuba -US relations: History happening again right before our eyes - by RM

Viva Cuba - Viva USA

History is  happening right before our eyes - Cuba-USA: March 21, 2016 . The first day of Spring and also signalling a new beginning in a long-rime historic and often turbulent relationship between the USA and Cuba,

For me personally it brings back many memories, going back to when I was a kid visiting Havana, Cuba in 1957, with my parents ( two years before the Castro Revolution) - on the way from La Guaira, Venezuela to Le Havre, France.

Cuba-USA  -A new Chapter -Raoul Castro and Barack Obama -  

Cuba at that time was a US backed "Republic" ruled by Fulgenca Batista, a ruthless dictator with close links to the US Mafia. He ruled Cuba with an iron hand, while the mob controlled all the night-life, prostitution and other criminal activities. 

The "real economy" of Cuba at that time was mainly in the hands of US multi- nationals, as was over 50 % of the sugar industry, 

The US multi-national communications giant of that time, ITT,, controlled all the communication systems on the Island. 

Fast Forward to 1980 - working for a multi-national aluminum corporation based in Pittsburgh, I was assigned to organize a "strategy planning" meeting for our Caribbean External Relations Managers. We chose the beautiful Florida Island of Key-West to hold the meeting.

Again history happened right before our eyes, when we literally saw from the hotel we were staying in Key West how droves of Cuban refugees started arriving on Key West shores - this eventually became known as the Mariel Boat Lift. 

And here today we are again in Florida, April 21,2016, watching live scenes form Cuba, with Raoul Castro and Barack Obama starting a new chapter in the Cuban US relationship - we can only hope that Cuba and the US will have learned from their past mistakes, and that greed will not, once again, become the driving force of this relationship.  

Viva Cuba, Viva USA !

 
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