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2021 in the Caribbean

The following lists events that happened during 2021 in the Caribbean.

Sovereign states

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Trinidad and Tobago

Commonwealth Realms

Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952)

Antigua and Barbuda

The Bahamas

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

Barbados

Barbados became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966

Grenada

Jamaica

Jamaica became independent in 1962

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Dependencies

British overseas territories

Head of the Commonwealth: Queen Elizabeth II

Anguilla

Bermuda

Bermuda is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is included in the UN geoscheme for North America

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Montserrat

Turks and Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean

  • Governor Nigel Dakin (since 2019)
  • Premier:
  • Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson (until February 20)
  • Washington Misick (starting February 20)

France

Guadeloupe

Martinique

  • President of the Assembly of Martinique:Claude Lise (since 2015)

Saint Barthélemy

  • President of Territorial Council: Bruno Magras (since July 16, 2007)

Saint Martin

  • Prefect Anne Laubies (since 2015)
  • President of Territorial Council Daniel Gibbs (since 2017)
  • First Vice President Valerie Damaseua (since 2017)

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Monarch: King Willem-Alexander (since April 30, 2013)

Aruba

Curaçao

Sint Maarten

Sint Maarten became a self-governing constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2010.

Caribbean Netherlands

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba

United States

The

Puerto Rico

United States Virgin Islands

Events

January and February

  • January 3 – The alert level on Saint Vincent is raised to orange for La Soufrière volcano.
  • January 6 – Stacey Plaskett (D), Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Virgin Islands, said she sheltered in her office during the storming of the United States Capitol and avoided contact with Republican colleagues who refused to wear face masks.
  • January 8 – COVID-19 pandemic: Caymen Islands, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Aruba get vaccines, but larger, independent countries do not.
  • January 18 – The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to deport a Paul Pierrilus, 40, to Haiti on January 19. Pierrilus was born in Saint Martin to Haitian parents and has lived in the United States since he was five; technically he is a stateless person since he is a citizen of none. Congressman Mondaire Jones (D-NY) stopped the deportation at the last minute. 218,000 other stateless people live in the United States.
  • January 28 – A Venezuelan-flagged fishing boat is captured with 4.2 tons of cocaine in international waters east of Barbados.
  • January 29 – 647 Haitian nationals, 23 Cubans, and 19 migrants from African countries are stranded on a beach in Antioquia Department, Colombia, hoping to pass through the Darién Gap to Panama and the United States.
  • February 7 – Haitian Justice Minister Rockefeller Vincent says that a planned assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and an attempted coup d'état were frustrated. Twenty-three are arrested.
  • February 8 – Kristalina Georgieva of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that Latin American and Caribbean economic activity will not return to pre-pandemic levels of output until 2023 and GDP per capita will catch up only in 2025.
  • February 9 – Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D) of the Virgin Islands makes history as the first non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives to serve as an impeachment manager.
  • February 19
  • The Group of Seven (G-7) promises an equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, although few details have been provided.
  • Agricultural workers in Martinique and Guadeloupe get a court hearing on a pesticide banned in France but used on the islands. The case was brought in 2006.
  • February 22 – The USCGC Thetis seizes 6,000 pounds of cocaine from three ships in 43 days.
  • February 25 – The Cayman Islands is one of four countries added to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of places that are only partially in compliance with international efforts against financing terrorism and money laundering.

March to June

  • March 1 – While COVID-19 infections are slowing worldwide, Caribbean states, including Jamaica, Cuba, Barbados, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are seeing a surge. Vaccine rollout has been slow
  • March 2 – A boat with partially decomposed bodies of six migrants, one with a passport from Guinea, is found Cayo Las Palomas, Nicaragua.
  • June 10 – Two passengers on cruise ship test positive for COVID-19. They will stay in Sint Maarten until they test negative.

Scheduled and programmed events

Elections

Holidays

January and February

March and April

May and June

July and August

  • July 3 – Emancipation Day, U.S. Virgin Islands
  • July 4 – Independence of the United States, celebrated in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
  • July 5–6 – Vincy Mas (Carnival), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • July 10 – Independence Day, the Bahamas (from the UK, 1973)
  • July 14 – Bastille Day, celebrated in French territories.
  • July 25–27 – Commemoration of the Assault on the Moncada Barracks, Cuba
  • August 2
  • Emancipation Day, Dominica, the Bahamas, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Kadooment Day, Barbados
  • August 3
  • Emancipation Day, Barbados
  • Culturama Day, Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • August 6 – Independence Day (Jamaica) (from the UK, 1962)
  • August 15 – Assumption of Mary, Roman Catholic feast celebrated in Haiti
  • August 16 – Restoration Day, Dominican Republic

September and October

  • September 6 – Labor Day, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
  • September 16 – Heroes' Day, Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • September 20 – Independence Day, Saint Kitts and Nevis (from the UK, 1973)
  • September 24 – Feast of María de las Mercedes (English: Our Lady of Mercy), celebrated in Dominican Republic
  • October 4 – Thanksgiving Day, Saint Lucia
  • October 10 – Independence Day (from Spain, 1868), Cuba
  • October 11
  • National Heroes' Day, the Bahamas,
  • Columbus Day, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
  • October 17 – Jean-Jacques Dessalines Day, Haiti
  • October 18 – Heroes' Day, Jamaica
  • October 25 – Thanksgiving Day, Grenada
  • October 27 – Independence Day, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (from the UK, 1979)

November and December

  • November 1

Deaths

January to March

April to June

See also

References

External links