Global Afrikan Congress Began Sankofa International Conference on Reparations in Barbados August 4 to 6 2022

Yoselina Guevara López The Global Afrikan Congress (GAC) began this Thursday, August 4, in Barbados, an International Conference on Reparations, under the theme Sankofa “repair the damage, repair the imbalance, justice must be done”.  The event is being held at the Roy Marshall Teaching Complex of the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Cave…

Barbados: Mia Mottley Wins Second Term

Victoria Korn Mia Mottley re-elected Prime Minister of the Republic of Barbados The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) won the general elections held this Wednesday in the Caribbean island, with which Prime Minister Mia Mottley won re-election to office for a new term. According to preliminary official results, the BLP has won at least 18 constituencies…

Britain’s Legacy of Brutal Slavery in Barbados

Jacqueline Luqman An artist’s depiction of Bussa’s Rebellion – an enslaved African uprising against British rule in Barbados. Yes, the British Empire is indeed one colony smaller as Barbados formally declared itself independent of its colonial rulers after 400 years yesterday in a big ole fancy ceremony attended by all kinds of dignitaries. England’s Prince…

2021: Political Turning Point in Central America and the Caribbean

Mision Verdad No day is like the previous one in the Central American and Caribbean region (Photo: @minednicaragua / Twitter). With the background noise of migration to the United States and the recent victory of Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, Central America and the Caribbean are at a turning point that will play an important role…

Barbados Is Throwing Off its Colonial Shackles. Now the Real Change Must Come.

Kareem Smith Mia Mottley was criticised for involving Prince Charles in the republic celebration | PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo. All rights reserved Next week, Barbados will remove the Queen as its head of state, as it begins a new national journey to remove any lingering British influence Barbados is in the final stages of completing…

45th Anniversary of Terrorist Bombing of Cubana Flight 455 in Barbados

Kawsachun News Left: Commander in Chief Fidel Castro embraces Carlos Alberto Cremata, son of one of the victims of the terrorist attack and president of the Committee of Relatives of the Victims of the Cubana 455 terrorist attack, in front of the monument commemorating the victims. Barbados, December 7, 2005. Photo: Ismael Francisco Today marks…

Barbados: Prime Minister Addresses United Nations General Debate, 76th Session

Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Minister for National Security and the Civil Service, and Minister for Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment of Barbados, addresses the general debate of the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 21-27 September 2021).