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In November next year, Barbados will bid farewell to the Queen of England.
II. Elizabeth will no longer be head of state in the tiny Caribbean island nation. Prime Minister Mia Mottley has said her country will be a republic after November, the British daily Metro wrote.
The prime minister added, “It is time we left the colonial past behind.”
In this sense, Barbados will take another step towards sovereignty and will become a republic on the 55th anniversary of the declaration of independence.
The natives of Barbados were originally South American Indians who came to the island mainly from the direction of Venezuela. The island got its current name when it was moored in 1511 by Portuguese sailors. They called the island: Barbados Island (Barbuda Island).
Later, the colonizers exterminated the Indians and populated the area with African slaves.
The island nation became independent in 1966, but it remained a constitutional monarchy. The monarch is still the Queen of England. This will end with the act of next November, when, after Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Dominica, Barbados will also be a republic.
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has repeatedly stated that the proclamation of the republic is a priority for them too. But for some reason the process is slower there, so Barbados is probably ahead of them.
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