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The following lists events that happened during 2020 in The Caribbean .
Cuba declared its independence from the United States on May 20, 1902. [1]
Dominica declared its independence from the United Kingdom on November 3, 1978. [3]
Dominican Republic declared its independence from Haiti on February 27, 1844. [4]
Co-operative Republic of Guyana gained its independence in 1966. It is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Commonwealth of Nations (Commonwealth), and the Union of South American Nations (USAN). The capital and chief port of Guyana is Georgetown. [6] [a] [b]
Haiti declared its Independence from France on January 1, 1804. Its capital is Port-au-Prince. [10]
Previously known as Dutch Guiana, which gained its independence on 25 November 1975. The Republic of Suriname is a member of CARICOM. The capital is Paramaribo. [11] [d]
Trinidad and Tobago became independent on August 31, 1962. [13] and a republic on August 1, 1976. [14]
Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II (since February 6, 1952) [15]
Antigua and Barbuda became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1981. [16]
The Bahamas are in the Atlantic Ocean and are part of the West Indies not part of the Caribbean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean. [17] They became independent from the United Kingdom in 1973. [18]
Barbados became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966. [19]
Britain granted British Honduras self-government in 1964; on June 1, 1973, it was renamed Belize. Independence was achieved on September 21, 1981. The capital is Belmopan. [20]
Grenada became independent from the United Kingdom in 1974. [22]
Jamaica became independent in 1962. [23]
Saint Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 1983. [24]
Saint Lucia gained independence in 1979. [25]
Independence was granted to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 1979. [26]
Head of the Commonwealth: Queen Elizabeth II [27]
Anguilla was a British dependency along with Saint Kitts and Nevis until 1971. Anguilla become a separate British dependency in 1980. [28]
Bermuda is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is included in the UN geoscheme for North America. [17] Bermuda is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. [29]
The British Virgin Islands is a British overseas territory granted autonomy in 1967. [30]
The Cayman Islands became a territory within the West Indies Federation in 1959; it remained a British dependency after the federation's breakup in 1962. [31]
Montserrat is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. [32]
Turks and Caicos Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean. [17] Turks and Caicos Islands are a British overseas territory. [33]
Colombia declared its independence from Spain on July 20, 1810. [34]
The Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina is a Department of Colombia and is part of South America. [17]
French Guiana is overseas territorial collectivity of France. The capital is Cayenne. [37]
Guadeloupe is an Overseas department and region of France.
Martinique is an overseas department of France.
Since 2007 Saint Barthélemy has been an overseas collectivity of France since 2007 and since 2012 it has been an overseas territory of the European Union. [41]
In 2003, the people of Saint Martin voted to secede from Guadeloupe; in 2007, the northern part of the island became a French overseas collectivity. In 2010, the southern half of the island became the independent country of Sint Maarten within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [42]
Monarch: King Willem-Alexander (since April 30, 2013) [43]
Aruba became a semi-autonomous country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986. [44]
Curaçao has been a constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands since October 2010. [45]
Sint Maarten became a self-governing constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2010. [47]
Bonaire,
Sint Eustatius, and
Saba became special municipalities in the Caribbean Netherlands in October 2010. The Sint Eustatius island council (governing body) was dissolved and replaced by a government commissioner in February 2018. [43] [48]
The United States became independent on July 4, 1776.
Puerto Rico is an unincorporated organized Territory of the United States. [50]
Venezuela declared its independence from Spain on July 7, 1811. [e] [f] [g]