On March 1st, Minister of Finance Richard Gibson met with Mr. Julian Lopez Ramirez, Managing Partner and Tax Partner of Deloitte in the Dutch Caribbean, to discuss the most recent developments in national and international fiscal affairs. Mr. Lopez Ramirez took this opportunity to also present the published inaugural lecture of Professor Kavelaars titled “Internationale fiscaliteit in transitie” which was presented on January 19th in Curacao when Professor Kavelaars accepted his appointment as extraordinary professor at the University of Curacao. In this inaugural lecture Professor Kavelaars specifically addresses the international developments with respect to the avoidance of tax and its possible implications for individual Jurisdictions.