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2020 in the Caribbean

January 01, 1970

The following lists events that happened during 2020 in The Caribbean.

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Sovereign states edit

Cuba edit

Main article: 2020 in Cuba

  Cuba declared its independence from the United States on May 20, 1902.[1]

Dominica edit

  Dominica declared its independence from the United Kingdom on November 3, 1978.[3]

Dominican Republic edit

  Dominican Republic declared its independence from Haiti on February 27, 1844.[4]

Guyana edit

  Co-operative Republic of Guyana gained its independence in 1966. It is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Commonwealth of Nations (Commonwealth), and the Union of South American Nations (USAN). The capital and chief port of Guyana is Georgetown.[6][a][b]

Haiti edit

Main article: 2020 in Haiti

  Haiti declared its Independence from France on January 1, 1804. Its capital is Port-au-Prince.[10]

Suriname edit

  Previously known as Dutch Guiana, which gained its independence on 25 November 1975. The Republic of Suriname is a member of CARICOM. The capital is Paramaribo.[11][d]

Trinidad and Tobago edit

  Trinidad and Tobago became independent on August 31, 1962.[13] and a republic on August 1, 1976.[14]

Commonwealth Realms edit

  Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II (since February 6, 1952)[15]

Antigua and Barbuda edit

  Antigua and Barbuda became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1981.[16]

The Bahamas edit

  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.[17] They became independent from the United Kingdom in 1973.[18]

Barbados edit

  Barbados became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966.[19]

Belize edit

  Britain granted British Honduras self-government in 1964; on June 1, 1973, it was renamed Belize. Independence was achieved on September 21, 1981. The capital is Belmopan.[20]

Grenada edit

  Grenada became independent from the United Kingdom in 1974.[22]

Jamaica edit

Main article: 2020 in Jamaica

  Jamaica became independent in 1962.[23]

Saint Kitts and Nevis edit

  Saint Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 1983.[24]

Saint Lucia edit

  Saint Lucia gained independence in 1979.[25]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines edit

  Independence was granted to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 1979.[26]

Dependencies edit

British overseas territories edit

  Head of the Commonwealth: Queen Elizabeth II[27]

Anguilla edit

  Anguilla was a British dependency along with Saint Kitts and Nevis until 1971. Anguilla become a separate British dependency in 1980.[28]

Bermuda edit

  Bermuda is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is included in the UN geoscheme for North America.[17] Bermuda is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.[29]

British Virgin Islands edit

Main article: 2020 in the British Virgin Islands

  The British Virgin Islands is a British overseas territory granted autonomy in 1967.[30]

Cayman Islands edit

  The Cayman Islands became a territory within the West Indies Federation in 1959; it remained a British dependency after the federation's breakup in 1962.[31]

Montserrat edit

  Montserrat is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom.[32]

Turks and Caicos Islands edit

  Turks and Caicos Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean.[17] Turks and Caicos Islands are a British overseas territory.[33]

  • Governor Nigel Dakin (since July 15, 2019)[33]
  • Premier: Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson (since December 20, 2016); she is the first female Premier of Turks and Caicos[33]

Colombia edit

Main article: 2020 in Colombia

  Colombia declared its independence from Spain on July 20, 1810.[34]

  The Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina is a Department of Colombia and is part of South America.[17]

  • Governor: Everth Hawkins Sjogreen (since 2019)

France edit

 

French Guiana edit

  French Guiana is overseas territorial collectivity of France. The capital is Cayenne.[37]

Guadeloupe edit

  Guadeloupe is an Overseas department and region of France.

  • Governor: Philippe Gustin (since May 28, 2018)[39]

Martinique edit

  Martinique is an overseas department of France.

  • President of the Assembly of Martinique:Claude Lise (since December 18, 2015)[40]

Saint Barthélemy edit

  Since 2007 Saint Barthélemy has been an overseas collectivity of France since 2007 and since 2012 it has been an overseas territory of the European Union.[41]

  • President of Territorial Council: Bruno Magras (since July 16, 2007)[41]

Saint Martin edit

  In 2003, the people of Saint Martin voted to secede from Guadeloupe; in 2007, the northern part of the island became a French overseas collectivity. In 2010, the southern half of the island became the independent country of Sint Maarten within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.[42]

  • Prefect Anne Laubies (since June 8, 2015)[42]
  • President of Territorial Council Daniel Gibbs (since 2 April 2, 2017)[42]
    • First Vice President Valerie Damaseua (since April 2, 2017)[42]

Kingdom of the Netherlands edit

  Monarch: King Willem-Alexander (since April 30, 2013)[43]

Aruba edit

  Aruba became a semi-autonomous country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986.[44]

Curaçao edit

  Curaçao has been a constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands since October 2010.[45]

Sint Maarten edit

  Sint Maarten became a self-governing constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2010.[47]

Caribbean Netherlands edit

  Bonaire,   Sint Eustatius, and   Saba became special municipalities in the Caribbean Netherlands in October 2010. The Sint Eustatius island council (governing body) was dissolved and replaced by a government commissioner in February 2018.[43][48]

United States edit

The   United States became independent on July 4, 1776.

Puerto Rico edit

Main article: 2020 in Puerto Rico

  Puerto Rico is an unincorporated organized Territory of the United States.[50]

United States Virgin Islands edit

Venezuela edit

Main article: 2020 in Venezuela

  Venezuela declared its independence from Spain on July 7, 1811.[e][f][g]

Monthly events edit

January edit

  • January 1 – New Year's Day
  • January 6 – Epiphany (Christian holiday)
  • January 7 – A 6.4Mw  2020 Guayanilla earthquake rocks southwest Puerto Rico. One man died and 8 were injured. Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced declares a state of emergency and activates the national guard.[54]
  • January 9 – 2020 Sint Maarten general election
  • January 12 – Remembrance Day, Haiti
  • January 13 – Eugenio María de Hostos Day, Puerto Rico
  • January 18 – Residents of Ponce broke into a warehouse and found bottled water, cots, baby food, and other unused emergency supplies stored since Hurricane Maria in September 2017. Governor Wanda Vázquez fired Carlos Acevedo, the director of the island's emergency management agency.[55]
  • January 19
    • World Religion Day, Baháʼí Faith holiday in Suriname
    • Glorimar Andújar and Fernando Gil-Enseñat, Secretaries of Family Services Housing respectively, are fired in the warehouse scandal in Puerto Rico. Nino Correa is appointed chief of operations for the Emergency Management Office.[56]
  • January 28 – An earthquake measuring 7.7Mw  is registered in the Caribbean Sea, 87 miles (140 kilometers) south of Granma Province, Cuba and 83 (134 kilometers) miles north of Montego Bay, Jamaica. No injuries are reported.[57]
  • January 31 – Photographer Caroline Power discovers a "blanket" of plastic five miles long and two miles wide (five by three kilometers) near Roatán Island, Honduras. It is believed to have been washed from the Motagua River during heavy rains in Guatemala.[58]

February edit

  • February 2 – Jennifer Lopez wows the crowd by wearing a costume featuring the flag of Puerto Rico during her half-time appearance at the Super Bowl LIV.[59]
  • February 7 – Independence Day, Granada[22]
  • February 13 – Fifteen children die in a fire in an orphanage in Kenscoff, Ouest Department Haiti.[60]
  • February 14
    • A Royal Caribbean cruise ship from Port Liberty, New Jersey, did not make a scheduled stop in Port Canaveral, Florida, because of fears of the 2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus disease outbreak. The ship was scheduled to sail to The Bahamas, but instead it went to Bermuda.[61]
    • The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) announces that it plans regional 4% growth for all its borrowing member countries.[62]
  • February 16 – 2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections: Software problems force the suspension of the elections.[63]
  • February 17
    • 932 kilos of pure gold worth $50 million (€46 million) is discovered on an airplane after it made an emergency landing at Reina Beatrix airport in Aruba.[64]
    • The United Nations Human Rights Commission demands that Cuba immediately liberate three political prisoners arrested on "vague" charges.[65]
  • February 18
    • Luis Muñoz Marín Day, Puerto Rico
    • Summit of the Comunidad del Caribe (Caricom) (English: Caribbean Community) in Barbados. Leaders discuss health and economic issues.[66]
  • February 22 – Independence Day, Saint Lucia[25]
  • February 23
  • February 24 – Cuba's annual cigar trade fair begins.[71]
  • February 26 – Mexican authorities grant permission for a cruise ship registered in Malta to dock in Cozumel, Quintana Roo, because she carries a passenger presumed to be infected with the coronavirus. The ship was previously denied access to ports in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.[72] Two cases of flu were found.[73]
  • February 27 – Independence Day, Dominican Republic[4]
  • February 28 – The Dominican Republic refuses to allow a British cruise ship to dock due to fears of Coronavirus disease 2019.[74] The ship heads to St. Maarten.[75]

March edit

April edit

  • April 1
  • April 2 – The United Kingdom sends the armed hospital ship RFA Argus to the Caribbean to stop the narcotics trade from Venezuela. France sent the Dixmunde a few days earlier.[89] This is the largest armada ever assembled in the Western Hemisphere.[90]
  • April 3 – The Venezuelan patrol boat Naiguata rammed the Portuguese-flagged RCGS Resolute, which was accused of piracy. The Naiguata sank.[91]
  • April 16 – Forty-two people die after drinking adulterated alcohol from three clandestine distilleries in the Dominican Republic.[92]
  • April 16–19 – Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba[2]
  • April 20 – Haiti reports that three migrants deported from the United States are infected with COVID-19.[93]
  • April 21 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic may result in a 5.3% in GDP in the region, resulting in a 4.4% increase in poverty and a 2.5% increase in extreme poverty—29 million people.[94]
  • April 24 – California-based Chevron Corporation must end its oil operations in Venezuela by December 1. Chevron's net daily production in 2019 averaged 35,300 barrels of crude oil, equal to roughly 6% of Venezuela's total production.[95]
  • April 23
    • An Iranian Airbus A340-642 lands in Paraguaná Peninsula. There is speculation that the flight may be related to drug trafficking, as Falcón State is close to the ABC Islands and the family of Falcón governor Stella Lugo Betancourt is believed to have ties to narcotics dealers.[96]
    • U.S.-based Church of Bible Understanding faces charges of negligence in relation to the February 13 fire that killed 13 children and two adults in a Haitian orphanage.[97]
  • April 26
  • April 27 – King's Day (birthday of King Willem-Alexander), Curaçao[45]
  • April 29
    • 500 Venezuela migrants living in Colombia block a highway in protest of the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia. They say the makes it impossible for them to work. There are 1.8 million Venezuelan migrants living in Colombia.[101]
    • Two dozen Colombians deported from the United States have been found to have coronavirus. Other infections among deportees have been found in Haiti, Mexico, Guatemala, and Jamaica.[102]
  • April 30 – A gunman attacks the Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C.[103]

May edit

  • May 1 – Labour Day in Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. "Agriculture and Labour Day" in Haiti
  • May 2
    • A series of earthquakes strike Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.[104] One centered in Tallaboa, Encarnación, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico has a Mw5.4.[105] Pwer outages and damages are reported in Puerto Rico where families cannot be relocated in shelters because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[106]
    • Guyana reports oil revenues of $60 million.[107]
    • El Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos (The Cuban Observatory of Human Rights, OCDH0) reports that activist Enix Berrio Sardá is missing.[108]
  • May 3 – Venezuela says that they defeated a boat invasion of "mercenary terrorists" from Colombia in the port city of La Guaira.[109]
  • May 5 – Indian Arrival Day, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica
  • May 6 – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denies U.S. government in the Sunday boat attack on Venezuela and says they will use 'every tool' to release the two Americans arrested.[110]
  • May 8 – COVID-19 pandemic: Haiti faces hunger and a breakdown of its health services. There are 34,000 people in resettlement camps and the country has reported eleven deaths and 100 coronavirus infections.[111]
  • May 10 – Mother's Day, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands
  • May 18 – Discovery Day, Cayman Islands
  • May 19 – AT&T closes its operations in Venezuela.[112]
  • May 24 – Bermuda Day[29]
  • May 25 – 2020 Surinamese general election: Won by Chan Santokhi, Progressive Reform Party with 39.45% of the votes.
  • May 26
    • Independence Day, Guyana[9]
    • Emmanuel Constant, the accused leader of a Haitian death squad, was not among thirty Haitians deported from the U.S. All 30 have tested negative for COVID-19. Some of the 200 deported earlier this year have tested positive for the virus.[113]
    • Vote counting in the 2020 Surinamese general election is suspended because the ruling party is losing and the workers are exhausted after numerous complaints of electoral fraud.[114]
  • May 27 – A federal court suspends budget cuts for the Puerto Rican government.[115]
  • May 28 – Legislative leaders from Colombia and Cuba will meet with their counterparts from eight other Latin American countries to discuss a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[116]
  • May 30

June edit

July edit

  • July 1
    • Keti Koti, Emancipation Day, Suriname
    • Territory Day, British Virgin Islands[30]
  • July 3
    • Emancipation Day, U.S. Virgin Islands
    • 16th century and 21st century policing methods are compared on social media in Trinidad and Tobago.[131]
  • July 4 – Independence Day (United States) (U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico)
  • July 5
  • July 6
  • July 10 – Independence Day, The Bahamas[18]
  • July 12
  • July 13 – COVID-19 pandemic: A report by The New York Times and the Marshall Project indicates that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) worsened the spread of the pandemic by deporting sick people to their countries of origin, including Haiti.[134]
  • July 17 – Venezuela protests against the incursion of the American destroyer USS ''Pinckney'' only 16.1 nautical miles (30 km) from its coast. The United States recognizes jurisdiction of only 12 nautical miles and insists the ship was in international waters.[135]
  • July 20 – The Bahamas announces that commercial flights and sea cruises from most countries, including the United States, will be banned starting on July 22.[136]
  • July 23 – Authorities in Colombia seize a luxury mansion allegedly belonging to businessman Alex Saab, who was detained in Cape Verde on U.S. corruption charges related to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.[137]
  • July 24 – Simón Bolívar birthday, Venezuela
  • July 25
    • Puerto Rico Constitution Day[50]
    • COVID-19 pandemic: Mexico and Japan send medical supplies to ten Latin American countries, including the Dominican Republic.[138]
  • July 25 to 27 – Assault on the Moncada Barracks, Cuba
  • July 31 – Hurricane Isaias strikes Turcos and Caicos and threatens the Bahamas.[139] The Category 1 hurricane batters the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico.[140]

August edit

  • August 1 – Emancipation Day; Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago
  • August 3 – Panama proposes sending 2,000 Haitian, Cuban, and African migrants home after disturbances in camps.[141]
  • August 4 – Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010) is placed under house arrest in relation to a case investigating alleged witness tampering. One day later he tests positive for COVID-19.[142]
  • August 5 – Emancipation Day, the Bahamas
  • August 6
    • Independence Day, Jamaica (from the United Kingdom, 1962)[23]
    • COVID-19 pandemic: One day after reporting no new cases, Cuba reports 49 new infections.[143]
  • August 7 – The El Salvador Supreme Court rejects efforts to reopen the economy.[144]
  • August 8
  • August 9
  • August 10 – 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election[148] Prime Minister Keith Rowley and the opposition United National Congress concedes defeat.[149]
  • August 12 – An oil spill near Venezuela's Morrocoy National Park threatens Caribbean beaches and local wildlife.[150]
  • August 14 – Tropical Storm Josephine dumps 1 to 3 cm of rain in the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.[151]
  • August 15 – Assumption of Mary, Haiti, Venezuela
  • August 16
  • August 18 – U.S. customs agents in Florida intercept a Venezuela-bound plane that is loaded with guns and ammunition. The flight plan listed St. Vincent and the Grenadines as its destination.[154]
  • August 21 – Colombian President Ivan Duque says Venezuela is planning to give its Russian- and Belarus-made missiles to armed groups in Colombia and uy new ones from Iran. Madero says it would be a good idea.[155]
  • August 22 – The National Hurricane Center reports that Tropical Storm Laura is over the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and it predicts that Hurricane Marco will make landfall in the Yucatán Peninsula in the western Caribbean on August 24.[156]
  • August 23 – A ten-year-old girl is killed in Haiti by Hurricane Laura.[157] 100,000 people are evacuated[158] and two are killed in the Dominican Republic.[159]
  • August 24 – St. Barthelemy Day[41]
  • August 28 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (ACNUR) reports that three out of four of the 81,000 Nicaraguan refugees in Costa Rica suffers from hunger.[160]
  • August 31 – Independence Day, Trinidad and Tobago (from the United Kingdom, 1962)[13]

September edit

  • September 1 – COVID-19 pandemic: Cuba imposes a curfew and other strict measures to control virus spread.[161]
  • September 3
  • September 9
  • September 12 – Mauricio Claver-Carone becomes the first citizen of the U.S. to lead the Inter-American Development Bank.[166]
  • September 14 – Our Lady of Coromoto, patroness of Venezuela
  • September 16
  • September 17
    • Hurricane Maria: Trump releases $13 billion in relief aid to help victims of the 2017 hurricane.[170]
    • U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo begins a visit to Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, and Brazil.[171]
  • September 18 – The United States and Guyana announce joint sea patrols near the disputed Guyana-Venezuela border.[172]
  • September 19
    • Independence Day, Saint Kitts and Nevis (from the United Kingdom, 1983)[24]
    • Dissident police officers belonging to the group Fantom 509 threaten to "burn the country" if their demands for better pay are not met in Haiti.[173]
    • The United States announces $348 million in humanitarian aid for Venezuelans inside and outside the country.[174]
  • September 24
    • Republic Day, Trinidad and Tobago
    • Colombian singer J Balvin is among the seven Latinamericans included in list of one hundred most influential people in the world by Time.[175]

October edit

November edit

December edit

  • December 6 – 2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election: Turnout is 31% as Maduro's government is reelected with 67.6%, the traditional opposition won 17.95%, and dissidents on the left won 3% of the vote.[181] Eighteen countries in America (including the United States and Canada but excluding Argentina, Bolivia, and Mexico) call the election fraudulent and illegal.[182]
  • December 7 – The Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic announce they have found eight bodies and seventeen people are missing from a boat capsizing near Lavacama, La Altagracia Province.[183]
  • December 18 – The United States Coast Guard and Navy and the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard apprehend seven vessels near Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic with 3,700 pounds of cocaine; 19 arrested in the $60 million seizure.[184]
  • December 22 – COVID-19 pandemic in the Cayman Islands: Skylar Mack, 18, a student from Loganville, Georgia, and Vanjae Ramgeet, 24, a professional jet ski racer from the Cayman Islands, will have to serve only two months each in a Caymanian prison after being convicted of violating quarantine rules in November.[185]
  • December 30 – Authorities issue volcanic alerts in Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Mount Pelée became active in early December and La Soufrière on December 29.[186]

Predicted and scheduled events edit

See also: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics and Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage

Deaths edit

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December edit

  • December 2 – Adriano Miguel Tejada [nl], 72, Dominican lawyer, journalist and historian; pancreatitis.[267]
  • December 19 – Vinicio Franco [es], 87, Dominican merengue singer-songwriter; COVID-19.[268]

See also edit

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Guyana has a border dispute with Suriname, which claims the area east of the left bank of the Corentyne River and the New River in southwestern Suriname. Suriname claims the Tigri Area.[7]
  2. ^ Guyana And Venezuela both claim land west of the Essequibo River. Venezuela and Guyana also dispute Ankoko Island.[8]
  3. ^ An election is scheduled in 2020.[9]
  4. ^ Suriname is a border dispute with Guyana, which claims the area east of the left bank of the Corentyne River and the New River in southeastern Suriname. Guyana claims the Tigri Area.[7]
  5. ^ Nueva Esparta is a state of Venezuela and is part of South America.[17]
  6. ^ The Federal Dependencies of Venezuela encompass most of the Caribbean islands off the coast of Venezuela except Nueva Sparta.
  7. ^ Venezuela disputes land west of the Essequibo River with Guyana. Venezuela and Guyana also dispute Ankoko Island.[8]

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The following lists events that happened during 2020 in The Caribbean Years in the Caribbean 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Centuries 20th century 21st century 22nd century Decades 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s Years 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Contents 1 Sovereign states 1 1 Cuba 1 2 Dominica 1 3 Dominican Republic 1 4 Guyana 1 5 Haiti 1 6 Suriname 1 7 Trinidad and Tobago 2 Commonwealth Realms 2 1 Antigua and Barbuda 2 2 The Bahamas 2 3 Barbados 2 4 Belize 2 5 Grenada 2 6 Jamaica 2 7 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 8 Saint Lucia 2 9 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 Dependencies 3 1 British overseas territories 3 1 1 Anguilla 3 1 2 Bermuda 3 1 3 British Virgin Islands 3 1 4 Cayman Islands 3 1 5 Montserrat 3 1 6 Turks and Caicos Islands 3 2 Colombia 3 3 France 3 3 1 French Guiana 3 3 2 Guadeloupe 3 3 3 Martinique 3 3 4 Saint Barthelemy 3 3 5 Saint Martin 3 4 Kingdom of the Netherlands 3 4 1 Aruba 3 4 2 Curacao 3 4 3 Sint Maarten 3 4 4 Caribbean Netherlands 3 5 United States 3 5 1 Puerto Rico 3 5 2 United States Virgin Islands 3 6 Venezuela 4 Monthly events 4 1 January 4 2 February 4 3 March 4 4 April 4 5 May 4 6 June 4 7 July 4 8 August 4 9 September 4 10 October 4 11 November 4 12 December 5 Predicted and scheduled events 6 Deaths 6 1 January 6 2 February 6 3 March 6 4 April 6 5 May 6 6 June 6 7 July 6 8 August 6 9 September 6 10 October 6 11 November 6 12 December 7 See also 8 References 8 1 Notes 8 2 CitationsSovereign states editCuba edit Main article 2020 in Cuba nbsp Cuba declared its independence from the United States on May 20 1902 1 First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba Raul Castro since April 19 2011 2 President of Cuba Miguel Diaz Canel since October 19 2019 1 Vice President Salvador Valdes Mesa since October 19 2019 1 Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz since December 19 2019 1 Dominica edit nbsp Dominica declared its independence from the United Kingdom on November 3 1978 3 President Charles Savarin October 2 2013 October 2 2023 3 Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit since August 8 2004 3 Dominican Republic edit nbsp Dominican Republic declared its independence from Haiti on February 27 1844 4 President of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina August 16 2012 July 16 2020 4 Luis Abinader starting July 16 2020 5 Vice President Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez August 16 2012 July 16 2020 4 Raquel Pena de Antuna starting July 16 2020 5 Guyana edit nbsp Co operative Republic of Guyana gained its independence in 1966 It is a member of the Caribbean Community CARICOM Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth and the Union of South American Nations USAN The capital and chief port of Guyana is Georgetown 6 a b President of Guyana David A Granger May 16 2015 August 2 2020 Irfaan Ali since August 2 2020 9 c Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo May 16 2015 August 2 2020 Mark Phillips since August 2 2020 9 Haiti edit Main article 2020 in Haiti nbsp Haiti declared its Independence from France on January 1 1804 Its capital is Port au Prince 10 President of Haiti Jovenel Moise since February 7 2017 10 Acting Prime Minister Fritz William Michel since July 22 2019 10 Suriname edit nbsp Previously known as Dutch Guiana which gained its independence on 25 November 1975 The Republic of Suriname is a member of CARICOM The capital is Paramaribo 11 d President of Suriname Desi Bouterse August 12 2010 July 16 2020 Chan Santokhi since July 16 2020 12 Vice President of Suriname Ashwin Adhin August 12 2015 July 16 2020 Ronnie Brunswijk since 16 July 2020 12 Trinidad and Tobago edit nbsp Trinidad and Tobago became independent on August 31 1962 13 and a republic on August 1 1976 14 President of Trinidad and Tobago Paula Mae Weekes since March 19 2008 13 Prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago Keith Rowley since September 9 2015 13 Commonwealth Realms edit nbsp Monarch Queen Elizabeth II since February 6 1952 15 Antigua and Barbuda edit nbsp Antigua and Barbuda became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1981 16 Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda Rodney Williams since August 14 2014 16 Prime Minister Gaston Browne since June 13 2014 16 The Bahamas edit nbsp 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 17 They became independent from the United Kingdom in 1973 18 Governor General of the Bahamas Cornelius A Smith since June 28 2019 18 Prime Minister of the Bahamas Hubert Minnis since May 11 2017 18 Barbados edit nbsp Barbados became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966 19 Governor General of Barbados Sandra Mason since January 8 2018 19 Prime minister of Barbados Mia Mottley since May 25 2018 19 Belize edit nbsp Britain granted British Honduras self government in 1964 on June 1 1973 it was renamed Belize Independence was achieved on September 21 1981 The capital is Belmopan 20 Chief of state Queen Elizabeth II since 6 February 1952 21 Represented by Governor General Sir Colville Young since 17 November 1993 21 Head of Government Prime Minister Dean Barrow since 8 February 2008 21 Deputy Prime Minister Patrick Faber since 7 June 2016 21 Grenada edit nbsp Grenada became independent from the United Kingdom in 1974 22 Governor General of Grenada Cecile La Grenade since May 7 2013 22 Prime Minister Keith Mitchell since February 20 2013 22 Jamaica edit Main article 2020 in Jamaica nbsp Jamaica became independent in 1962 23 Governor General of Jamaica Patrick Allen since February 26 2009 23 Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness since March 3 2016 23 Saint Kitts and Nevis edit nbsp Saint Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 1983 24 Governor General of Saint Kitts and Nevis Tapley Seaton since May 19 2015 24 Prime Minister Timothy Harris since February 18 2018 24 Deputy Prime Minister Shawn Richards since February 22 2015 24 Saint Lucia edit nbsp Saint Lucia gained independence in 1979 25 Governor General of Saint Lucia Neville Cenac since January 12 2018 25 Prime Minister Allen Chastanet since June 7 2016 25 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines edit nbsp Independence was granted to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 1979 26 Governor General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Susan Dougan since August 1 2019 26 Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves since March 28 2001 26 Dependencies editBritish overseas territories edit nbsp Head of the Commonwealth Queen Elizabeth II 27 Anguilla edit nbsp Anguilla was a British dependency along with Saint Kitts and Nevis until 1971 Anguilla become a separate British dependency in 1980 28 Governor of Anguilla Tim Foy since 2017 28 Deputy Governor Perin A Bradley Premier of Anguilla Victor Banks since May 14 2019 28 Bermuda edit nbsp Bermuda is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is included in the UN geoscheme for North America 17 Bermuda is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom 29 Governor of Bermuda John Rankin since December 5 2016 29 Premier Edward David Burt since July 19 2017 29 British Virgin Islands edit Main article 2020 in the British Virgin Islands nbsp The British Virgin Islands is a British overseas territory granted autonomy in 1967 30 Governor of the Virgin Islands Augustus Jaspert since August 22 2017 30 Deputy Governor of the British Virgin Islands David Archer Premier Andrew Fahie since February 26 2019 30 Cayman Islands edit nbsp The Cayman Islands became a territory within the West Indies Federation in 1959 it remained a British dependency after the federation s breakup in 1962 31 Governor of the Cayman Islands Martyn Roper since October 29 2018 31 Premier Alden McLaughlin since May 29 2013 31 Montserrat edit nbsp Montserrat is a self governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom 32 Governor of Montserrat Andrew Pearce since February 1 2018 32 Premier Easton Taylor Farrell since November 19 2019 32 Turks and Caicos Islands edit nbsp Turks and Caicos Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean 17 Turks and Caicos Islands are a British overseas territory 33 Governor Nigel Dakin since July 15 2019 33 Premier Sharlene Cartwright Robinson since December 20 2016 she is the first female Premier of Turks and Caicos 33 Colombia edit Main article 2020 in Colombia nbsp Colombia declared its independence from Spain on July 20 1810 34 President of Colombia Ivan Duque Marquez since August 7 2018 35 Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez since August 7 2018 35 nbsp The Archipelago of San Andres Providencia and Santa Catalina is a Department of Colombia and is part of South America 17 Governor Everth Hawkins Sjogreen since 2019 France edit nbsp President Emmanuel Macron since May 14 2017 36 Prime Minister Edouard Philippe since May 15 2017 36 French Guiana edit nbsp French Guiana is overseas territorial collectivity of France The capital is Cayenne 37 President of the Regional Council Rodolphe Alexandre since January 26 2010 38 Guadeloupe edit nbsp Guadeloupe is an Overseas department and region of France Governor Philippe Gustin since May 28 2018 39 Martinique edit nbsp Martinique is an overseas department of France President of the Assembly of Martinique Claude Lise since December 18 2015 40 Saint Barthelemy edit nbsp Since 2007 Saint Barthelemy has been an overseas collectivity of France since 2007 and since 2012 it has been an overseas territory of the European Union 41 President of Territorial Council Bruno Magras since July 16 2007 41 Saint Martin edit nbsp In 2003 the people of Saint Martin voted to secede from Guadeloupe in 2007 the northern part of the island became a French overseas collectivity In 2010 the southern half of the island became the independent country of Sint Maarten within the Kingdom of the Netherlands 42 Prefect Anne Laubies since June 8 2015 42 President of Territorial Council Daniel Gibbs since 2 April 2 2017 42 First Vice President Valerie Damaseua since April 2 2017 42 Kingdom of the Netherlands edit nbsp Monarch King Willem Alexander since April 30 2013 43 Aruba edit nbsp Aruba became a semi autonomous country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986 44 Governor of Aruba Alfonso Boekhoudt since January 1 2017 44 Prime Minister Evelyn Wever Croes since May 31 2018 44 Curacao edit nbsp Curacao has been a constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands since October 2010 45 Governor of Curacao Lucille George Wout since November 4 2013 45 Prime Minister Eugene Rhuggenaath 46 Sint Maarten edit nbsp Sint Maarten became a self governing constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2010 47 Governor of Sint Maarten Eugene Holiday since October 10 2010 47 Prime minister of Sint Maarten Silveria Jacobs November 19 2019 to January 15 2020 interim Prime Minister since January 16 2020 47 Caribbean Netherlands edit nbsp Bonaire nbsp Sint Eustatius and nbsp Saba became special municipalities in the Caribbean Netherlands in October 2010 The Sint Eustatius island council governing body was dissolved and replaced by a government commissioner in February 2018 43 48 United States edit The nbsp United States became independent on July 4 1776 President Donald Trump since January 20 2017 49 Vice President Mike Pence since January 20 2017 49 Puerto Rico edit Main article 2020 in Puerto Rico nbsp Puerto Rico is an unincorporated organized Territory of the United States 50 Governor of Puerto Rico Wanda Vazquez Garced since August 7 2019 50 Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Jenniffer Gonzalez since January 3 2017 51 United States Virgin Islands edit nbsp The United States Virgin Islands is a Territory of the United States 52 Governor Albert Bryan since January 7 2019 52 Lt Governor Tregenza Roach since January 7 2019 Venezuela edit Main article 2020 in Venezuela nbsp Venezuela declared its independence from Spain on July 7 1811 e f g President Nicolas Maduro since April 19 2013 53 National Assembly President Juan Guaido is recognized by more than 50 countries as the interim president 53 Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez Gomez since June 14 2018 53 Monthly events editJanuary edit January 1 New Year s Day Triumph of the Revolution Liberation Day Cuba 1 Independence Day Haiti 10 January 6 Epiphany Christian holiday January 7 A 6 4Mw 2020 Guayanilla earthquake rocks southwest Puerto Rico One man died and 8 were injured Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced declares a state of emergency and activates the national guard 54 January 9 2020 Sint Maarten general election January 12 Remembrance Day Haiti January 13 Eugenio Maria de Hostos Day Puerto Rico January 18 Residents of Ponce broke into a warehouse and found bottled water cots baby food and other unused emergency supplies stored since Hurricane Maria in September 2017 Governor Wanda Vazquez fired Carlos Acevedo the director of the island s emergency management agency 55 January 19 World Religion Day Bahaʼi Faith holiday in Suriname Glorimar Andujar and Fernando Gil Ensenat Secretaries of Family Services Housing respectively are fired in the warehouse scandal in Puerto Rico Nino Correa is appointed chief of operations for the Emergency Management Office 56 January 28 An earthquake measuring 7 7Mw is registered in the Caribbean Sea 87 miles 140 kilometers south of Granma Province Cuba and 83 134 kilometers miles north of Montego Bay Jamaica No injuries are reported 57 January 31 Photographer Caroline Power discovers a blanket of plastic five miles long and two miles wide five by three kilometers near Roatan Island Honduras It is believed to have been washed from the Motagua River during heavy rains in Guatemala 58 February edit February 2 Jennifer Lopez wows the crowd by wearing a costume featuring the flag of Puerto Rico during her half time appearance at the Super Bowl LIV 59 February 7 Independence Day Granada 22 February 13 Fifteen children die in a fire in an orphanage in Kenscoff Ouest Department Haiti 60 February 14 A Royal Caribbean cruise ship from Port Liberty New Jersey did not make a scheduled stop in Port Canaveral Florida because of fears of the 2019 20 Wuhan coronavirus disease outbreak The ship was scheduled to sail to The Bahamas but instead it went to Bermuda 61 The Caribbean Development Bank CDB announces that it plans regional 4 growth for all its borrowing member countries 62 February 16 2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections Software problems force the suspension of the elections 63 February 17 932 kilos of pure gold worth 50 million 46 million is discovered on an airplane after it made an emergency landing at Reina Beatrix airport in Aruba 64 The United Nations Human Rights Commission demands that Cuba immediately liberate three political prisoners arrested on vague charges 65 February 18 Luis Munoz Marin Day Puerto Rico Summit of the Comunidad del Caribe Caricom English Caribbean Community in Barbados Leaders discuss health and economic issues 66 February 22 Independence Day Saint Lucia 25 February 23 Republic Day Guyana 9 U S Senator Bernie Sanders D VT the front running candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination controversially praises Fidel Castro s educational programs 67 68 Police in Haiti violently protest against money being spent on a carnaval celebrations instead of their salaries 69 One soldier dies the next day 70 February 24 Cuba s annual cigar trade fair begins 71 February 26 Mexican authorities grant permission for a cruise ship registered in Malta to dock in Cozumel Quintana Roo because she carries a passenger presumed to be infected with the coronavirus The ship was previously denied access to ports in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands 72 Two cases of flu were found 73 February 27 Independence Day Dominican Republic 4 February 28 The Dominican Republic refuses to allow a British cruise ship to dock due to fears of Coronavirus disease 2019 74 The ship heads to St Maarten 75 March edit March 1 The Caribbean Public Health Agency says the area faces a moderate to high danger of exposure to COVID 19 No cases have been confirmed in the region to date 76 March 2 2020 Guyanese general election March 7 Hamilton Lavity Stoutt Day British Virgin Islands March 9 and 10 Phagwah Hindu festival of colours Guyana Suriname Trinidad and Tobago March 19 Saint Joseph s Day Colombia Venezuela March 12 Jamaica reports eight cases of COVID 19 Dominican Republic 5 Cuba 4 Martinique 3 St Martin 2 Trinidad and Tobago St Vincent amp Grenadines Antigua and Barbuda Saint Barthelemy and Caymen Islands one each 77 Cuban authorities say they have developed a new medicine that has proven effective in treating COVID 19 and that is being offered for sale on the international market 78 March 15 The 2020 Dominican Republic general election that had originally been scheduled for February 16 79 was carried out despite concerns about COVID 19 80 In a historic first all Peace Corps volunteers worldwide are withdrawn from their host countries 81 March 18 National Anthem and Flag Day Kingdom of the Netherlands 44 The government of Puerto Rico implements a curfew and closes schools some businesses and government agencies 82 Ghislaine Maxwell a former associate of the late Jeffrey Epstein sues his estate in Superior Court in the U S Virgin Islands because she has received threats requiring her to hire personal security services 83 March 19 First two cases of COVID 19 in Haiti Airports schools factories and seaports are closed 84 March 22 Emancipation Day Puerto Rico March 24 Barbados is declared the winner of the West Indies cricket championship after the tournament is suspended due to the pandemic 85 March 29 The United States Coast Guard issues a safety bulletin for Florida Georgia South Carolina and Puerto Rico stating that foreign flagged vessels carrying more than 50 people should prepare to treat any sick passengers and crew on board and try to medically evacuate the very sick to their countries home countries 86 March 30 Spiritual Baptist Shouter Liberation Day Trinidad and Tobago April edit April 1 U S President Donald Trump announces that he is stepping up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after indicating Maduro on drug and terrorism charges Trump sends anti drug Navy ships and AWACS planes to the region near Venezuela in the largest military build up in the region since the 1989 invasion of Panama to remove General Manuel Noriega from power 87 Three Cuban dissidents including Jose Daniel Ferrer arrested on October 1 2019 have been released to house arrest 88 April 2 The United Kingdom sends the armed hospital ship RFA Argus to the Caribbean to stop the narcotics trade from Venezuela France sent the Dixmunde a few days earlier 89 This is the largest armada ever assembled in the Western Hemisphere 90 April 3 The Venezuelan patrol boat Naiguata rammed the Portuguese flagged RCGS Resolute which was accused of piracy The Naiguata sank 91 April 16 Forty two people die after drinking adulterated alcohol from three clandestine distilleries in the Dominican Republic 92 April 16 19 Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba 2 April 20 Haiti reports that three migrants deported from the United States are infected with COVID 19 93 April 21 The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean estimates that the COVID 19 pandemic may result in a 5 3 in GDP in the region resulting in a 4 4 increase in poverty and a 2 5 increase in extreme poverty 29 million people 94 April 24 California based Chevron Corporation must end its oil operations in Venezuela by December 1 Chevron s net daily production in 2019 averaged 35 300 barrels of crude oil equal to roughly 6 of Venezuela s total production 95 April 23 An Iranian Airbus A340 642 lands in Paraguana Peninsula There is speculation that the flight may be related to drug trafficking as Falcon State is close to the ABC Islands and the family of Falcon governor Stella Lugo Betancourt is believed to have ties to narcotics dealers 96 U S based Church of Bible Understanding faces charges of negligence in relation to the February 13 fire that killed 13 children and two adults in a Haitian orphanage 97 April 26 Cuba sends 1 200 doctors to 22 countries to help with the COVID 19 pandemic 98 April 26 Rescheduled date for the 2020 Puerto Rico Democratic primary 99 100 April 27 King s Day birthday of King Willem Alexander Curacao 45 April 29 500 Venezuela migrants living in Colombia block a highway in protest of the lockdown due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Colombia They say the makes it impossible for them to work There are 1 8 million Venezuelan migrants living in Colombia 101 Two dozen Colombians deported from the United States have been found to have coronavirus Other infections among deportees have been found in Haiti Mexico Guatemala and Jamaica 102 April 30 A gunman attacks the Embassy of Cuba in Washington D C 103 May edit May 1 Labour Day in Cuba Dominican Republic and Venezuela Agriculture and Labour Day in Haiti May 2 A series of earthquakes strike Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic 104 One centered in Tallaboa Encarnacion Penuelas Puerto Rico has a Mw5 4 105 Pwer outages and damages are reported in Puerto Rico where families cannot be relocated in shelters because of the COVID 19 pandemic 106 Guyana reports oil revenues of 60 million 107 El Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos The Cuban Observatory of Human Rights OCDH0 reports that activist Enix Berrio Sarda is missing 108 May 3 Venezuela says that they defeated a boat invasion of mercenary terrorists from Colombia in the port city of La Guaira 109 May 5 Indian Arrival Day Grenada Guyana Jamaica May 6 U S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denies U S government in the Sunday boat attack on Venezuela and says they will use every tool to release the two Americans arrested 110 May 8 COVID 19 pandemic Haiti faces hunger and a breakdown of its health services There are 34 000 people in resettlement camps and the country has reported eleven deaths and 100 coronavirus infections 111 May 10 Mother s Day Venezuela Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands May 18 Discovery Day Cayman Islands May 19 AT amp T closes its operations in Venezuela 112 May 24 Bermuda Day 29 May 25 2020 Surinamese general election Won by Chan Santokhi Progressive Reform Party with 39 45 of the votes May 26 Independence Day Guyana 9 Emmanuel Constant the accused leader of a Haitian death squad was not among thirty Haitians deported from the U S All 30 have tested negative for COVID 19 Some of the 200 deported earlier this year have tested positive for the virus 113 Vote counting in the 2020 Surinamese general election is suspended because the ruling party is losing and the workers are exhausted after numerous complaints of electoral fraud 114 May 27 A federal court suspends budget cuts for the Puerto Rican government 115 May 28 Legislative leaders from Colombia and Cuba will meet with their counterparts from eight other Latin American countries to discuss a response to the COVID 19 pandemic 116 May 30 Anguilla Day 28 Indian Arrival Day Trinidad and Tobago June edit June 1 Target date for reopening Jamaica and the U S Virgin Islands to tourism after COVID 19 pandemic 117 June 1 to November 30 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts between 13 and 19 named storms this year including three to six major hurricanes 118 June 5 Indian Arrival Day Suriname 2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election Won by Timothy Harris People s Labour Party Team Unity with 54 86 of the votes Suriname releases a preliminary report showing opposition leader Chandrikapersad Chan Santokhi won the May 25 presidential election 119 Venezuela arrests three local executives Venezuelan citizens of DirecTV after the Dallas based company closed its offices on May 19 120 Tropical storm Cristobal causes severe flooding in southern Mexico and threatens the Gulf coast of the United States 121 June 7 COVID 19 pandemic Cuba is praised for its response to the pandemic The country reports 2 173 confirmed cases of and 83 deaths from coronavirus 122 June 8 The United States Department of the Treasury cancels the licence for Marriott Hotels amp Resorts to operate in Havana Cuba effective August 31 123 The ruling coalition in Guyana says it will go to court to prevent a declaration that the People s Progressive Party won the March 2 presidential election 124 June 11 Feast of Corpus Christi Venezuela Luis Abinader candidate for president of the Dominican Republic tests positive for COVID 19 125 The WHO reports a decrease in malaria in Latin America mainly due to decreases in Venezuela Colombia and Guyana although there are fears that many cases are going undetected as sick people stay home instead of going to hospitals In the first five months of 2020 Venezuela registered 104 005 cases a decrease of 58 compared to 248 191 in the same period in 2019 Haiti Suriname and Dominican Republic report increases 126 June 13 Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II celebrated in British overseas territories 32 July 14 Fete de la Federation celebrated in overseas departments and collectivities of France 41 June 15 Target date for reopening Aruba to tourism after COVID 19 pandemic 117 June 16 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says that Mexico will sell fuel to Venezuela for humanitarian purposes if requested 127 June 21 Father s Day Venezuela Puerto Rico U S Virgin Islands June 24 Feast of St John the Baptist and Anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo Venezuela A large dust storm from the Sahara Desert covers Puerto Rico and Cuba 128 June 29 Feast of Saints Peter and Paul Colombia and Venezuela 2020 Anguillian general election Won by Ellis Webster Anguilla Progressive Movement 129 June 30 At Guyana s request the International Court of Justice ICJ agrees to rule on the border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela 130 July edit July 1 Keti Koti Emancipation Day Suriname Territory Day British Virgin Islands 30 July 3 Emancipation Day U S Virgin Islands 16th century and 21st century policing methods are compared on social media in Trinidad and Tobago 131 July 4 Independence Day United States U S Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico July 5 Independence Day Venezuela 53 2020 Dominican Republic general election Won by Luis Abinader Modern Revolutionary Party with 53 11 of the votes 132 July 6 Constitution Day Cayman Islands 31 CARICOM Day Guyana July 10 Independence Day The Bahamas 18 July 12 Schoelcher Day Slavery Abolition Day in Saint Martin 42 In an interview in The New York Times former secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke reports that President Trump s first reaction to Hurricane Maria in 2017 was to sell Puerto Rico 133 July 13 COVID 19 pandemic A report by The New York Times and the Marshall Project indicates that U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE worsened the spread of the pandemic by deporting sick people to their countries of origin including Haiti 134 July 17 Venezuela protests against the incursion of the American destroyer USS Pinckney only 16 1 nautical miles 30 km from its coast The United States recognizes jurisdiction of only 12 nautical miles and insists the ship was in international waters 135 July 20 The Bahamas announces that commercial flights and sea cruises from most countries including the United States will be banned starting on July 22 136 July 23 Authorities in Colombia seize a luxury mansion allegedly belonging to businessman Alex Saab who was detained in Cape Verde on U S corruption charges related to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro 137 July 24 Simon Bolivar birthday Venezuela July 25 Puerto Rico Constitution Day 50 COVID 19 pandemic Mexico and Japan send medical supplies to ten Latin American countries including the Dominican Republic 138 July 25 to 27 Assault on the Moncada Barracks Cuba July 31 Hurricane Isaias strikes Turcos and Caicos and threatens the Bahamas 139 The Category 1 hurricane batters the Dominican Republic Haiti and Puerto Rico 140 August edit August 1 Emancipation Day Guyana Jamaica Trinidad amp Tobago August 3 Panama proposes sending 2 000 Haitian Cuban and African migrants home after disturbances in camps 141 August 4 Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe 2002 2010 is placed under house arrest in relation to a case investigating alleged witness tampering One day later he tests positive for COVID 19 142 August 5 Emancipation Day the Bahamas August 6 Independence Day Jamaica from the United Kingdom 1962 23 COVID 19 pandemic One day after reporting no new cases Cuba reports 49 new infections 143 August 7 The El Salvador Supreme Court rejects efforts to reopen the economy 144 August 8 Javanese Arrival Day Suriname Two former Green Berets are sentenced to 20 years in prison for a May 3 attack on Venezuela 145 August 9 Indigenous Peoples Day Suriname Rescheduled Puerto Rico primary elections 146 Some elections are rescheduled because there are not enough ballots 147 August 10 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election 148 Prime Minister Keith Rowley and the opposition United National Congress concedes defeat 149 August 12 An oil spill near Venezuela s Morrocoy National Park threatens Caribbean beaches and local wildlife 150 August 14 Tropical Storm Josephine dumps 1 to 3 cm of rain in the Leeward Islands Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands 151 August 15 Assumption of Mary Haiti Venezuela August 16 Restoration Day Dominican Republic Luis Abinader is sworn in as the new president U S Vice President Mike Pence and Haiti President Jovenel Moise attend the ceremony which is low key due to the pandemic 152 Second round of primary elections in Puerto Rico after ballot mishap 153 August 18 U S customs agents in Florida intercept a Venezuela bound plane that is loaded with guns and ammunition The flight plan listed St Vincent and the Grenadines as its destination 154 August 21 Colombian President Ivan Duque says Venezuela is planning to give its Russian and Belarus made missiles to armed groups in Colombia and uy new ones from Iran Madero says it would be a good idea 155 August 22 The National Hurricane Center reports that Tropical Storm Laura is over the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico and it predicts that Hurricane Marco will make landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula in the western Caribbean on August 24 156 August 23 A ten year old girl is killed in Haiti by Hurricane Laura 157 100 000 people are evacuated 158 and two are killed in the Dominican Republic 159 August 24 St Barthelemy Day 41 August 28 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ACNUR reports that three out of four of the 81 000 Nicaraguan refugees in Costa Rica suffers from hunger 160 August 31 Independence Day Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom 1962 13 September edit September 1 COVID 19 pandemic Cuba imposes a curfew and other strict measures to control virus spread 161 September 3 U S Customs and Border Protection decommission 27 million in undeclared cash before it enters the U S Virgin Islands 162 U S Virgin Islands government sues the estate of Jeffrey Epstein and billionaire Glenn Dubin for documents about their financial ties 163 September 9 ICE confiscates US 500 000 in undeclared money destined for Dominica at the Miami International Airport 164 The Pittsburgh Pirates take 21 out of retirement for a game against the Chicago White Sox at PNC Park September 9 is celebrated by Major League Baseball MLB as Roberto Clemente Day Clemente a Puerto Rico native died in a plane crash in December 1972 while en route to Nicaragua to deliver disaster relief to victims of an earthquake 165 September 12 Mauricio Claver Carone becomes the first citizen of the U S to lead the Inter American Development Bank 166 September 14 Our Lady of Coromoto patroness of Venezuela September 16 Barbados Governor General says the country should leave the Commonwealth and become a Republic by November 2021 167 Mexican researchers have identified remains of the ship La Union as one that was used to carry Maya slaves from Yucatan to Cuba during the Caste War of Yucatan 168 Indigenous Misak in Popayan Cauca Department Colombia tear down a statue of Spanish conquistador Sebastian de Belalcazar 169 September 17 Hurricane Maria Trump releases 13 billion in relief aid to help victims of the 2017 hurricane 170 U S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo begins a visit to Suriname Guyana Colombia and Brazil 171 September 18 The United States and Guyana announce joint sea patrols near the disputed Guyana Venezuela border 172 September 19 Independence Day Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United Kingdom 1983 24 Dissident police officers belonging to the group Fantom 509 threaten to burn the country if their demands for better pay are not met in Haiti 173 The United States announces 348 million in humanitarian aid for Venezuelans inside and outside the country 174 September 24 Republic Day Trinidad and Tobago Colombian singer J Balvin is among the seven Latinamericans included in list of one hundred most influential people in the world by Time 175 October edit October 2 7 Tropical Storm Gamma Kills seven US 100 million in damages October 5 Thanksgiving Saint Lucia October 5 12 Hurricane Delta Kills seven US 4 1 billion in damages October 10 Independence Day from Spain 1868 and Liberation Day Cuba Day of the Maroons Suriname October 12 Columbus Day Day of Indigenous Resistance Venezuela Day of the Race and Hispanicity and in Discovery Day Colombia Heroes Day the Bahamas October 16 Heroes Day Jamaica October 17 Jean Jacques Dessalines Day Haiti October 19 26 Hurricane Epsilon in Bermuda October 20 Chinese Arrival Day Suriname October 21 Saint Ursula Day British Virgin Islands 2020 Sint Eustatius Island Council election 176 October 24 29 Hurricane Zeta Kills eight US 3 2 billion in damages October 25 Thanksgiving Day Granada October 27 Independence Day Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from the United Kingdom 1979 26 November edit November 1 Independence Day Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom 1981 16 October 31 November 13 Hurricane Eta Kills 163 127 missing US 5 2 billion in damages November 3 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election Won by Pedro Pierluisi of the New Progressive Party The non binding vote on statehood also won Independence Day Dominica from the United Kingdom 1978 3 November 5 2020 Vincentian general election 177 Unity Labour Party wins nine of 15 seats November 11 Independence of Cartagena Colombia St Martin s Day celebrated in Saint Martin and Sint Maarten 42 2020 Belizean general election 178 November 12 COVID 19 At least seven people test positive during the first cruise in months 179 November 13 Tropical Storm Theta November 14 Deepavali Hindu holiday Guyana Suriname November 16 Hurricane Iota Category 5 hurricane is expected to make landfall in Honduras and Nicaragua 180 December edit December 6 2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election Turnout is 31 as Maduro s government is reelected with 67 6 the traditional opposition won 17 95 and dissidents on the left won 3 of the vote 181 Eighteen countries in America including the United States and Canada but excluding Argentina Bolivia and Mexico call the election fraudulent and illegal 182 December 7 The Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic announce they have found eight bodies and seventeen people are missing from a boat capsizing near Lavacama La Altagracia Province 183 December 18 The United States Coast Guard and Navy and the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard apprehend seven vessels near Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic with 3 700 pounds of cocaine 19 arrested in the 60 million seizure 184 December 22 COVID 19 pandemic in the Cayman Islands Skylar Mack 18 a student from Loganville Georgia and Vanjae Ramgeet 24 a professional jet ski racer from the Cayman Islands will have to serve only two months each in a Caymanian prison after being convicted of violating quarantine rules in November 185 December 30 Authorities issue volcanic alerts in Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Mount Pelee became active in early December and La Soufriere on December 29 186 Predicted and scheduled events editSee also Impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on politics and Impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage November 18 Battle of Vertieres Haiti November 19 Discovery or Puerto Rico Day November 26 Thanksgiving United States U S Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico November 30 Independence Day Barbados 19 December 5 Discovery Day Haiti and Dominican Republic December 8 Immaculate Conception Venezuela December 9 Vere Bird Day Antigua and Barbuda December 23 Afro Latino Travels With Kim Haas a TV series honoring Afro Latinos premiers on PBS 187 December 25 Christmas Day December 26 Boxing Day British territories TBA 2020 General elections in Turks and Caicos Islands 33 Deaths editJanuary edit January 4 Puerto Plata 96 Dominican musician 188 January 9 Basil Butcher 86 West Indian cricket player 1957 1969 189 January 10 Carlos Cuco Rojas Colombian harpist b 1954 190 January 14 Bernard Diederich Haitian journalist author and historian b 1926 191 16 January 16 Efrain Sanchez Colombian soccer player b 1926 192 January 22 Hercules Ayala 69 Puerto Rican professional wrestler Stampede Wrestling NJPW WWC 193 Addy Valero 50 Venezuelan politician Deputy since 2016 uterine cancer 194 January 23 Sir Frederick Ballantyne 83 Vincentian cardiologist Governor General 2002 2019 195 January 24 Georges Castera 83 Haitian poet and writer b 1936 196 Kennedy Isles 28 Saint Kitts and Nevis footballer shot 197 January 27 Ramon Aviles 68 Puerto Rican baseball player Boston Red Sox Philadelphia Phillies 198 February edit February 4 Kamau Brathwaite 89 Barbadian poet and academic 199 February 6 Jhon Jairo Velasquez 57 Colombian hitman drug dealer and extortionist Medellin Cartel esophageal cancer 200 February 7 Wichie Torres 67 Puerto Rican painter cardiovascular disease 201 February 10 Efigenio Ameijeiras 88 Cuban revolutionary and military commander Bay of Pigs Invasion sepsis citation needed February 13 Darryl Braxton Trinidadian record producer Bunji Garlin KMC 202 February 15 Tony Fernandez 57 Dominican baseball player Toronto Blue Jays San Diego Padres Cleveland Indians complications from kidney disease and stroke 203 February 26 Clementina Velez 73 Colombian doctor academic and politician MP 1990 1991 1998 2002 and city councillor of Cali 1972 1986 1992 1997 2004 2019 heart attack 204 February 27 Irvino English 42 Jamaican soccer player national team shot 205 Juan Diego Gonzalez 39 Colombian footballer Once Caldas La Equidad Philadelphia Union 206 body discovered on this date March edit March 2 Rafael Cancel Miranda 89 Puerto Rican independence leader and convicted attempted murderer 1954 United States Capitol shooting incident 207 Rene Coicou 84 Haitian born Canadian politician mayor of Gagnon Quebec 1973 1985 208 March 20 Belarmino Correa Yepes 89 Colombian Roman Catholic prelate Bishop of San Jose del Guaviare 1999 2006 209 March 23 Apple Gabriel 67 68 Jamaican reggae singer Israel Vibration 210 March 24 Juan Padron 73 Cuban comics artist Elpidio Valdes and animator Vampires in Havana lung disease citation needed Jenny Polanco 61 Dominican fashion designer and beauty pageant winner Miss World Dominican Republic 1978 COVID 19 211 March 27 Bob Andy 75 Jamaican reggae singer The Paragons Bob and Marcia songwriter and actor The Mighty Quinn 212 Delroy Washington 67 British Jamaican reggae singer 213 Kalil Hache 87 Dominican military colonel and cavalry commander COVID 19 214 March 28 Pearson Jordan 69 Barbadian Olympic sprinter 1976 COVID 19 215 March 31 Sam Clayton Jr 58 Jamaican bobsledder national team COVID 19 216 April edit April 3 Hans Prade 81 Surinamese diplomat COVID 19 217 April 4 Kenneth Farnum 89 Barbadian born Jamaican Olympic cyclist 1952 COVID 19 218 April 6 Claude Barthelemy 74 Haitian soccer player Detroit Cougars national team 219 April 7 John Percy Leon Lewis 77 Guyanese military officer COVID 19 220 Miguel Angel Tabet 78 Venezuelan theologian and exegete COVID 19 221 April 8 Lois Kelly Miller 102 Jamaican actress Meet Joe Black 222 April 10 Julio Blanco Alfonso 82 Cuban soccer player FC Industriales national team 223 Bas Mulder 88 Dutch Surinamese priest COVID 19 224 Iris M Zavala 83 Puerto Rican author independence activist and intellectual COVID 19 225 April 12 Victor Batista Falla 87 Cuban publisher and editor COVID 19 226 April 13 Gil Bailey 84 Jamaican radio broadcaster COVID 19 227 April 14 Michael Gilkes 86 Guyanese writer COVID 19 228 April 15 Damaso Garcia 63 Dominican baseball player Toronto Blue Jays Montreal Expos and footballer national team 229 April 16 Althea McNish 95 Trinidadian British textile designer 230 April 23 Rinaldo Entingh 64 Surinamese soccer player Robinhood national team traffic collision 231 May edit May 4 Alvaro Teheran 54 Colombian basketball player Baloncesto Malaga Fort Wayne Fury KK Olimpija kidney failure 232 May 5 Millie Small 72 Jamaican singer My Boy Lollipop stroke 233 May 6 Michael Gordon Jamaican photojournalist Jamaica Observer 234 May 7 Emile Wijntuin 95 Surinamese politician Chairman of the Staten 1973 1975 and of the National Assembly 1975 1980 235 May 21 Bobby Digital 59 Jamaican reggae and dancehall producer 236 Roberto Moya 55 Cuban athlete Olympic bronze medallist 1992 237 June edit June 5 Anthony T Bryan Barbadian publisher Barbados Advocate and media executive 238 June 10 Rosita Fornes 97 Cuban American singer who starred in several movies during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema emphysema 239 June 18 Hux Brown 75 Jamaican guitarist Toots and the Maytals 240 Jules Sedney 97 Surinamese economist and politician Prime Minister 1969 1973 and Governor of the Central Bank of Suriname 1980 1983 241 Antonio Veciana 91 Cuban spy CIA Alpha 66 242 June 20 William Millerson 67 Aruban born Curacaoan karateka and politician chairman of the Estates of Curacao 2017 2020 243 June 23 Margarita Pracatan 89 Cuban singer 244 Luis R Varela 82 Cuban born American Puerto Rican sportswriter Associated Press complications from intestinal surgery 245 July edit July 1 Everton Weekes 95 Barbadian cricketer West Indies national team 246 July 3 Earl Cameron 102 Bermudian born British actor Doctor Who Pool of London The Interpreter 247 July 4 James Lee Wah 89 Trinidadian theater promoter and educator 248 July 14 Hernan Aleman 65 Venezuelan opposition politician COVID 19 249 Noel Martin 60 Jamaican born British assisted suicide activist and neo Nazi victim 250 July 16 Tony Taylor 84 Cuban baseball player Chicago Cubs Philadelphia Phillies Detroit Tigers complications from a stroke 251 Victor Victor 71 Dominican singer songwriter and guitarist COVID 19 252 July 18 Martha Flores 91 Cuban radio host journalist and singer Cuban American lobby pancreatic cancer 253 July 21 Dobby Dobson 78 Jamaican reggae singer and record producer COVID 19 254 July 25 Paulette Wilson 64 Jamaican British human rights activist 255 July 31 Eusebio Leal 77 Cuban historian Old Havana 256 August edit August 5 Blanca Rodriguez 94 Venezuelan socialite First Lady of Venezuela 1974 1979 1989 1993 respiratory failure 257 August 7 Angela Salazar 66 Colombian women s rights activist COVID 19 258 August 11 Edouard de Lepine 88 Martinican historian and politician Mayor of Le Robert 1989 1995 259 August 13 Dario Vivas 70 Venezuelan politician head of government of the Capital District since 2020 COVID 19 260 August 18 Soeki Irodikromo 75 Surinamese painter 261 August 31 Daddy Boastin sv 61 Saint Vincent born Swedish rapper cancer 262 September edit September 15 Sheldon Gomes 69 Trinidadian cricketer North Trinidad East Trinidad national team 263 October edit October 19 Walter Bardgett 88 Bermudan Olympic swimmer 1948 1956 264 November edit November 24 Julio Cesar Gandarilla Bermejo 77 Cuban vice admiral Minister of the Interior since 2017 265 November 28 Clifton Bertrand 84 Trinidadian Olympic sprinter 1960 1964 266 December edit December 2 Adriano Miguel Tejada nl 72 Dominican lawyer journalist and historian pancreatitis 267 December 19 Vinicio Franco es 87 Dominican merengue singer songwriter COVID 19 268 See also edit2020s 2020 in Central America 2020 in Mexico 2020 in the United States 2020 in politics and government 2020s in political history COVID 19 pandemic on cruise ships List of George Floyd protests outside the United States 2020 Atlantic hurricane seasonReferences editNotes edit Guyana has a border dispute with Suriname which claims the area east of the left bank of the Corentyne River and the New River in southwestern Suriname Suriname claims the Tigri Area 7 Guyana And Venezuela both claim land west of the Essequibo River Venezuela and Guyana also dispute Ankoko Island 8 An election is scheduled in 2020 9 Suriname is a border dispute with Guyana which claims the area east of the left bank of the Corentyne River and the New River in southeastern Suriname Guyana claims the Tigri Area 7 Nueva Esparta is a state of Venezuela 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