The Questions Aruba Must Ask Before Any Reopening
If Aruba is considering reopening a refinery, the first step should not be excitement or fear.
The first step should be questions.
Questions like:
Is this future-proof?
Is it financially sustainable?
What are the environmental and health risks?
Who carries liability when things go wrong?
What guarantees exist — and are they enforceable?
What is the opportunity cost of choosing this path?
This is how serious economies make decisions: not through emotion, but through governance.
Go Cultura Foundation believes Aruba must stop normalizing ad-hoc decisions and begin demanding transparency, long-term accountability, and integrated policy.