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Member states of the Caribbean Community

  • The BahamasIn 1841, enslaved people who revolted on the US brig Creole steered it to Nassau in the Bahamas.
  • Antigua and BarbudaHurricane Irma forced nearly all of Barbuda's residents to flee in September 2017.
  • GrenadaGrenada put a nutmeg on its flag. The Caribbean island nation is nicknamed the Island of Spice.
  • Saint LuciaBritain and France fought over Saint Lucia fourteen times. The Caribbean island earned the nickname "Helen of the West."
  • DominicaDominica has had no standing army since 1981, after two coup attempts. The mercenaries' ship never left dock.
  • Saint Kitts and NevisSaint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere. Its two islands are volcanic.
  • HaitiHaiti is the only country in history established by a slave revolt.
  • GuyanaGuyana's economy grew 49% by 2020, after offshore oil was found in 2015.
  • BarbadosOn the 30th of November 2021, Barbados swore in its first president, Sandra Mason, at a ceremony in Bridgetown. Prince Charles, then heir to the Barbadian crown, attended at the government's invitation. With that oath, the island stopped…
  • JamaicaJamaica has sometimes been called the world's least populous cultural superpower. Reggae and Rastafari began there.

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