2021 in the Caribbean

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

Sovereign states[]

Cuba[]

Main article: 2021 in Cuba

Cuba

Dominica[]

Main article: 2021 in Dominica

Dominica

Dominican Republic[]

Main article: 2021 in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

Haiti[]

Main article: 2021 in Haiti

Haiti

Trinidad and Tobago[]

Main article: 2021 in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Commonwealth Realms[]

United Kingdom Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952)[6]

Antigua and Barbuda[]

Antigua and Barbuda

The Bahamas[]

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[8]

Barbados[]

Main article: 2021 in Barbados

Barbados Barbados became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966[9]

  • Governor-General of Barbados: Sandra Mason (since 2018)[9]
  • President of Barbados: Sandra Mason (from November 30, 2021)[10]
  • Prime minister of Barbados: Mia Mottley (since 2018)[9]

Grenada[]

Grenada

Jamaica[]

Main article: 2021 in Jamaica

Jamaica Jamaica became independent in 1962[12]

Saint Kitts and Nevis[]

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia[]

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Dependencies[]

British overseas territories[]

United Kingdom Head of the Commonwealth: Queen Elizabeth II[17]

Anguilla[]

Anguilla

Bermuda[]

Bermuda Bermuda is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is included in the UN geoscheme for North America[8]

British Virgin Islands[]

Main article: 2021 in the British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands[]

Cayman Islands

Montserrat[]

Montserrat

Turks and Caicos Islands[]

Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean[8]

  • Governor Nigel Dakin (since 2019)[23]
  • Premier:
    • Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson (until February 20)[23]
    • Washington Misick (starting February 20)

France[]

France

Guadeloupe[]

  • Governor: Philippe Gustin (since 2018)[25]

Martinique[]

  • President of the Assembly of Martinique:Claude Lise (since 2015)[26]

Saint Barthélemy[]

  • President of Territorial Council: Bruno Magras (since July 16, 2007)[27]

Saint Martin[]

  • Prefect Anne Laubies (since 2015)[28]
  • President of Territorial Council Daniel Gibbs (since 2017)[28]
    • First Vice President Valerie Damaseua (since 2017)[28]

Kingdom of the Netherlands[]

Netherlands Monarch: King Willem-Alexander (since April 30, 2013)[29]

Aruba[]

Aruba

Curaçao[]

Curaçao

Sint Maarten[]

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

Caribbean Netherlands[]

Bonaire Bonaire, Sint Eustatius Sint Eustatius, and Saba Saba[29][34]

United States[]

The United States

  • President
    • Donald Trump (until January 20)
    • Joe Biden (starting January 20)
  • Vice-President
    • Mike Pence (until January 20)
    • Kamala Harris (starting January 20)

Puerto Rico[]

Main article: 2021 in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

United States Virgin Islands[]

United States Virgin Islands

Events[]

See also: COVID-19 pandemic in North America

January and February[]

  • January 3 – The alert level on Saint Vincent is raised to orange for La Soufrière volcano.[35]
  • 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.[36]
  • January 8 – COVID-19 pandemic: Caymen Islands, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Aruba get vaccines, but larger, independent countries do not.[37]
  • 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.[38] Congressman Mondaire Jones (D-NY) stopped the deportation at the last minute. 218,000 other stateless people live in the United States.[39]
  • January 28 – A Venezuelan-flagged fishing boat is captured with 4.2 tons of cocaine in international waters east of Barbados.[40]
  • 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.[41]
  • February 7 – Haitian Justice Minister says that a planned assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and an attempted coup d'état were frustrated. Twenty-three are arrested.[42]
  • 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.[43]
  • 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.[44]
  • February 19
    • The Group of Seven (G-7) promises an equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, although few details have been provided.[45]
    • 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.[46]
  • February 22 – The USCGC Thetis seizes 6,000 pounds of cocaine from three ships in 43 days.[47]
  • 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 complaince with international efforts against financing terrorism and money laundering.[48]

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[49]
  • March 2 – A boat with partially decomposed bodies of six migrants, one with a passport from Guinea, is found Cayo Las Palomas, Nicaragua.[50]
  • June 10 – Two passengers on cruise ship test positive for COVID-19. They will stay in Sint Maarten until they test negative.[51]

Scheduled and programmed events[]

Elections[]

Main article: List of elections in 2021

Holidays[]

January and February[]

March and April[]

May and June[]

July and August[]

September and October[]

  • September 6 – Labor Day, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands[56][57]
  • September 16 – Heroes' Day, Saint Kitts and Nevis[68]
  • September 20 – Independence Day, Saint Kitts and Nevis (from the UK, 1973)[68]
  • September 24 – Feast of María de las Mercedes (English: Our Lady of Mercy), celebrated in Dominican Republic[59]
  • October 4 – Thanksgiving Day, Saint Lucia[54]
  • October 10 – Independence Day (from Spain, 1868), Cuba[52]
  • October 11
  • October 17 – Jean-Jacques Dessalines Day, Haiti[53]
  • October 18 – Heroes' Day, Jamaica[65]
  • October 25 – Thanksgiving Day, Grenada[70]
  • October 27 – Independence Day, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (from the UK, 1979)[61]

November and December[]

  • November 1
  • All Saints' Day, Roman Catholic and Vodou holiday in Haiti[53]
  • All Souls' Day, Roman Catholic and Vodou holiday in Haiti[53]
  • November 3 – Independence Day, Dominica (from the UK, 1978)[63]
  • November 4 – National Day of Community Service, Dominica[73]
  • November 5 – Constitution Day, Dominican Republic[59]
  • November 11 – Veterans Day, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands[56][57]
  • November 18 – Battle of Vertières Day, Haiti[53]
  • November 19 – Discovery Day, Puerto Rico[56]
  • November 25 – Thanksgiving (United States), celebrated in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands[56][57]
  • November 30 – Republic Day, Barbados[74]
  • December 9 – V.C. Bird Day, Antigua and Barbuda[75]
  • December 13 – National Day, Saint Lucia (feast of Saint Lucy)[54]
  • December 25/26/27 – Christmas Day
  • December 26/27/28 – Boxing Day, celebrated in the Commonwealth and British Dependencies.

Culture[]

Sports[]

Deaths[]

January to March[]

April to June[]

See also[]

References[]

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