/tags/barbados Barbados en-US WLRN Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:00:00 GMT /latin-america/2023-01-09/how-reparation-efforts-in-barbados-found-an-international-spotlight The online buzz over high profile Britons' ties to the trans-Atlantic slave trade put attention on the ongoing reparations push in Barbados, and other Caribbean nations. Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:00:00 GMT /latin-america/2023-01-09/how-reparation-efforts-in-barbados-found-an-international-spotlight Jaclyn Diaz /2022-09-16/sundial-now-how-the-changes-in-buckingham-palace-might-affect-caribbean-nations How the changes in Buckingham Palace might affect some Caribbean nations. Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:09:57 GMT /2022-09-16/sundial-now-how-the-changes-in-buckingham-palace-might-affect-caribbean-nations Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Tim Padgett /news/2022-03-22/prince-william-arrives-to-protests-in-a-jamaica-that-could-soon-become-a-republic An open letter from scores of Jamaican civic leaders calls on the heir to Britain's throne to "atone" for centuries of colonial enslavement in the Caribbean. Tue, 22 Mar 2022 22:00:00 GMT /news/2022-03-22/prince-william-arrives-to-protests-in-a-jamaica-that-could-soon-become-a-republic Tim Padgett /news/2022-03-22/guns-of-the-caribbean-haiti-u-s-virgin-islands-flooded-with-firearms-often-from-florida Gun violence is plaguing Caribbean sites like Haiti and the U.S. Virgin Islands, thanks largely to "brazen, out of control" gun trafficking from U.S. states like Florida Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:00:00 GMT /news/2022-03-22/guns-of-the-caribbean-haiti-u-s-virgin-islands-flooded-with-firearms-often-from-florida Tim Padgett /news/2022-01-04/new-year-new-elections-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-will-the-left-roll-on-in-2022 In 2021, leftists won presidencies in every Latin American election but one, including Peru and Chile. In 2022, they could take Brazil and Colombia too. Why? Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:00:00 GMT /news/2022-01-04/new-year-new-elections-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-will-the-left-roll-on-in-2022 Tim Padgett, Christine DiMattei /news/2022-01-03/barbados-nominates-candidates-for-a-snap-election-this-month-its-first-as-a-queen-less-republic Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley — who led her island's drive to be a republic and has emerged as a Caribbean leader — has called an election for Jan. 19. Mon, 03 Jan 2022 11:00:00 GMT /news/2022-01-03/barbados-nominates-candidates-for-a-snap-election-this-month-its-first-as-a-queen-less-republic Tim Padgett /news/2021-11-30/after-barbados-will-jamaica-become-the-next-republic-and-ditch-the-queen-as-head-of-state Most Jamaicans have long favored removing the British monarch as their head of state, but taking that step has long been stuck in neutral. Will Barbados change that? Tue, 30 Nov 2021 21:51:56 GMT /news/2021-11-30/after-barbados-will-jamaica-become-the-next-republic-and-ditch-the-queen-as-head-of-state Tim Padgett /news/2021-11-30/barbados-breaks-with-the-queen-and-becomes-the-worlds-newest-republic With cheers and fireworks, the island nation became a parliamentary republic, swore in its first president and declared Barbadian-born Rihanna a national hero. Tue, 30 Nov 2021 19:00:19 GMT /news/2021-11-30/barbados-breaks-with-the-queen-and-becomes-the-worlds-newest-republic Nell Clark /2021-10-22/barbados-elects-a-woman-as-its-first-president-as-it-moves-toward-becoming-a-republic Dame Sandra Mason previously served as governor general. Barbados hopes to become a republic before the 55th anniversary of its independence from Britain in November. Fri, 22 Oct 2021 17:57:30 GMT /2021-10-22/barbados-elects-a-woman-as-its-first-president-as-it-moves-toward-becoming-a-republic Sharon Pruitt-Young /news/2021-07-06/elsa-not-as-destructive-to-caribbean-as-feared-but-raises-specter-of-earlier-hurricanes As Tropical Storm Elsa churns out of the Caribbean toward Florida, it leaves the realization that earlier and later storm activity may be the trend. Tue, 06 Jul 2021 10:00:08 GMT /news/2021-07-06/elsa-not-as-destructive-to-caribbean-as-feared-but-raises-specter-of-earlier-hurricanes Tim Padgett