Wrong...I'll admit that I was a little uneducated about this whole thing and took what I heard at face value but here is a great post about the whole proceedings by another AUC student.
http://www.caribbeanmedstudent.com/2010/03/11/is-st-maarten-becoming-independent/
Check out the rest of his blog too. It is hands down one of the best med school blogs I have found.
Noxolo
