WILLEMSTAD.- "Last year we had an alarming situation in our economy, we said we had to recover our economy quickly, we analyzed, focused and headed towards what we should do in 2018. This had a positive effect, says Minister Steven Martina of Economic Development Yesterday In the afternoon, during his presentation on the Economy of Curaçao in the presentation, which was organized in the Renassaince Curaçao Resort & Casino. Martina looked back to the developments of 2018. He also announced his perspective for 2019. He has full confidence in the year 2019.

Last year, Martina also gave a presentation on the economic situation. That day, he presented the formula to help Curaçao in the recovery of the Government. During his presentation the minister showed that the remodeling routes of Isla and the construction of the gas plant in Bullenbaai should lead to an economic growth of approximately 2% in the coming years. As is known due to the international development of 2018, many of these plans could not be developed.

Martina yesterday: "In the year 2018 it was obvious that we had to create a strategy for the economy of our country, we were ambitious and we made certain decisions and even made risky decisions to put our economy in motion." According to Martina, the economy in 2018 experienced different positive developments with the development of different sectors ".