The following lists events that happened during 2021 in the Caribbean.
Sovereign states
Cuba
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba: Raúl Castro (since 2011),CIA Factbook: Cuba retrieved 16 February 2020 Miguel Díaz-Canel (since 19 April 2021) President of Cuba: Miguel Díaz-Canel (since 2019) Vice-president: Salvador Valdés Mesa (since 2019) Prime Minister: Manuel Marrero Cruz (since 2019)
Dominica
President: Charles Savarin (2013–2023)CIA Factbook: Dominica retrieved 16 February 2020 Prime Minister: Roosevelt Skerrit (since August 8, 2004)
Dominican Republic
President of the Dominican Republic: Luis Abinader (starting 2020) Vice-president Raquel Peña de Antuña (starting 2020)
Haiti
President of Haiti: Jovenel Moïse (2017–2021)CIA Factbook: Haiti retrieved 16 February 2020 Ariel Henry (2021–2024) Acting Prime Minister: Fritz-William Michel (2019–2021) Claude Joseph (acting) (2021) Ariel Henry (2021–2024)
Trinidad and Tobago
President of Trinidad and Tobago: Paula-Mae Weekes (since 2008)CIA Factbook: Trinidad and Tobago retrieved 16 February 2020 Prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago: Keith Rowley (since 2015)
Commonwealth Realms Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952)CIA Factbook: United Kingdom retrieved 16 February 2020
Antigua and Barbuda
Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda: Rodney Williams (since 2014)CIA Factbook: Antigua and Barbuda retrieved 16 February 2020 Prime Minister: Gaston Browne (since 2014)
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
Barbados
Barbados became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966 Governor-General of Barbados: Sandra Mason (since 2018)CIA Factbook: Barbados retrieved 16 February 2020 President of Barbados: Sandra Mason (from November 30, 2021) Prime minister of Barbados: Mia Mottley (since 2018)
Grenada
Governor-General of Grenada: Cécile La Grenade (since 2013)CIA Factbook: Grenada retrieved 16 February 2020 Prime Minister: Keith Mitchell (since 2013)
Jamaica
Jamaica became independent in 1962CIA Factbook: Jamaica retrieved 16 February 2020 Governor-General of Jamaica: Patrick Allen (since 2009) Prime Minister of Jamaica: Andrew Holness (since 2016)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis: Tapley Seaton (since 2015)CIA Factbook: Saint Kitts and Nevis retrieved 16 February 2020 Prime Minister: Timothy Harris (since 2018) Deputy Prime Minister: Shawn Richards (since 2015)
Saint Lucia
Governor-General of Saint Lucia: Neville Cenac (2018 - July 28, 2021) Prime Minister: Allen Chastanet (2016 - July 27, 2021) Prime Minister: Phillip J. Pierre (July 28, 2021 – present)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Susan Dougan (since 2019)CIA Factbook: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines retrieved 16 February 2020 Prime Minister: Ralph Gonsalves (since March 28, 2001)
Dependencies
British overseas territories Head of the Commonwealth: Queen Elizabeth IIHead of the Commonwealth retrieved 16 February 2020
Anguilla
Governor of Anguilla: Tim Foy (since 2017)CIA Factbook: retrieved 16 Feb 2020 Deputy Governor: Perin A. Bradley Premier of Anguilla: Ellis Webster (since 2020)
Bermuda Bermuda is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is included in the UN geoscheme for North AmericaThe Americas Internet World Stats, retrieved 16 February 2020 Governor of Bermuda: John Rankin (since 2016)CIA Factbook: Bermuda retrieved 16 February 2020 Premier: Edward David Burt (since 2017)
British Virgin Islands
Governor of the Virgin Islands: Augustus Jaspert (since 2017)CIA Factbook: British Virgin Islands retrieved 16 February 2020 Deputy Governor of the British Virgin Islands: David Archer Premier: Andrew Fahie (since 2019)
Cayman Islands
Governor of the Cayman Islands: Martyn Roper (since 2018)CIA Factbook: Cayman Islands retrieved 16 February 2020 Premier: Alden McLaughlin (since 2013)
Montserrat
Governor of Montserrat: Andrew Pearce (since 2018)CIA Factbook: Montserrat retrieved 16 February 2020 Premier: Easton Taylor-Farrell (since 2019)
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean Governor Nigel Dakin (since 2019)CIA Factbook: Turks and Caicos Islands retrieved 16 February 2020 Premier: Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson (until February 20) Washington Misick (starting February 20)
France
President: Emmanuel Macron (since 2017)CIA Factbook: France retrieved 16 February 2020 Prime Minister: Édouard Philippe (since 2017)
Guadeloupe Governor: Philippe Gustin (since 2018)
Martinique President of the Assembly of Martinique:Claude Lise (since 2015)
Saint Barthélemy President of Territorial Council: Bruno Magras (since July 16, 2007)CIA Factbook: Saint Barthélemy retrieved 16 February 2020
Saint Martin Prefect Anne Laubies (since 2015) President of Territorial Council Daniel Gibbs (since 2017)CIA Factbook: Saint Martin retrieved 16 February 2020 First Vice President Valerie Damaseua (since 2017)
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Monarch: King Willem-Alexander (since April 30, 2013)CIA Factbook: The Netherlands retrieved 16 February 2020
Aruba
Governor of Aruba: Alfonso Boekhoudt (since 2017)CIA Factbook: Aruba retrieved 16 February 2020 Prime Minister: Evelyn Wever-Croes (since 2018)
Curaçao
Governor of Curaçao: Lucille George-Wout (since 2013)CIA Factbook: Curaçao retrieved 16 February 2020 Prime Minister: Eugene RhuggenaathFIFA President inaugurates Forward project in Curacao FIFA.com, 10 August 2019, retrieved 17 February 2020
Sint Maarten Sint Maarten became a self-governing constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2010. Governor of Sint Maarten: Eugene Holiday (since 2010)CIA Factbook: Sint Maarten retrieved 16 February 2020 Interim Prime minister of Sint Maarten: Silveria Jacobs (since 2020)
Caribbean Netherlands Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba
United States The 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
Governor of Puerto Rico Wanda Vázquez Garced (until January 2) Pedro Pierluisi (starting January 2) Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico: Jenniffer González (since 2017)
United States Virgin Islands
Governor: Albert Bryan (since 2019) Lt. Governor: Tregenza Roach (since 2019)
Events
January and February January 3 – The alert level on Saint Vincent is raised to orange for La Soufrière volcano. 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. January 8 – COVID-19 pandemic: Caymen Islands, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Aruba get vaccines, but larger, independent countries do not. 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. Congressman Mondaire Jones (D-NY) stopped the deportation at the last minute. 218,000 other stateless people live in the United States. January 28 – A Venezuelan-flagged fishing boat is captured with 4.2 tons of cocaine in international waters east of Barbados. 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. February 7 – Haitian Justice Minister Rockefeller Vincent says that a planned assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and an attempted coup d'état were frustrated. Twenty-three are arrested. 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. 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. February 19 The Group of Seven (G-7) promises an equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, although few details have been provided. 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. February 22 – The USCGC Thetis seizes 6,000 pounds of cocaine from three ships in 43 days. 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 compliance with international efforts against financing terrorism and money laundering.
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 March 2 – A boat with partially decomposed bodies of six migrants, one with a passport from Guinea, is found Cayo Las Palomas, Nicaragua. June 10 – Two passengers on cruise ship test positive for COVID-19. They will stay in Sint Maarten until they test negative.
Scheduled and programmed events Elections
January 25 – 2021 Tobago House of Assembly election February – 2021 Jamaican local elections March 19 – 2021 Curaçao general election March – 2021 Barbuda Council May 26 – 2021 Caymanian general election June – 2021 Saint Lucian general election September – 2021 Aruban general election 2021 Turks and Caicos Islands general election 2021 Bahamian local elections Haitian parliamentary election
Holidays January and February
January 1 –New Year's Day Triumph of the Revolution, Cuba Independence Day, Haiti (from France, 1804) January 2 Victory Day, Cuba Ancestry Day, Haiti Day after New Year's, Saint Lucia January 6 – Epiphany, Christian and children's holiday January 11 – Majority Rule Day, the Bahamas January 18 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day, official holiday in Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands January 21 Errol Barrow Day, Barbados Our Lady of High Grace, holiday in the Dominican Republic January 25 – Juan Pablo Duarte′s Birthday, Dominican Republic February 8 – Independence Day (Grenada) (from the UK, 1974) February 15 – Heroes′ Day, Puerto Rico; President's Day, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands February 15–16 — Carnival Monday and Tuesday. February 22 – Independence Day, Saint Lucia (from the UK, 1979) February 27 – Independence Day, Dominican Republic (from Haiti, 1844)
March and April
March 2 – American Citizenship Day, Puerto Rico March 15 – Joseph Chatoyer Day, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines March 22 – Emancipation Day, Puerto Rico March 31 – Transfer Day, U.S. Virgin Islands. April 2 – Good Friday, Christian feast celebrated in Cuba, Dominica, April 5 – Easter Monday, Christian holiday celebrated in Dominica, April 28 – Barbadian National Heroes Day, Barbados
May and June
May 1/3 – Labour Day and International Workers' Day Labour and Agriculture Day, Haiti May 18 – Flag and Universities Day, Haiti May 20 – Independence Day (from the United States, 1902), celebrated by Cuban exiles. May 24 Whit Monday, Christian holiday celebrated in Dominica, Labour Day (Jamaica) May 31 – Memorial Day, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands June 3 – Feast of Corpus Christi, celebrated in Dominican Republic, public holiday in Grenada, Haiti Saint Lucia, June 4 – Randol Fawkes-Labour Day, the Bahamas
July and August
July 3 – Emancipation Day, U.S. Virgin Islands