2020 in the Caribbean

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

Sovereign states

Cuba

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

Dominica

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

Dominican Republic

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

Guyana

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.[5][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]

Haiti
Main article: 2020 in Haiti

Haiti declared its Independence from France on January 1, 1804. Its capital is Port-au-Prince.[9]

Suriname

Previously known as Dutch Guiana, which gained its independence on November 25, 1975. The Republic of Suriname is a member of CARICOM. The capital is Paramaribo.[10][lower-alpha 4]

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago became independent on August 31, 1962.[12] and a republic on August 1, 1976.[13]

Commonwealth Realms

Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II (since February 6, 1952)[14]

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1981.[15]

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

Barbados

Barbados became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966.[18]

Belize

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.[19]

Grenada

Grenada became independent from the United Kingdom in 1974.[21]

Jamaica

Jamaica became independent in 1962.[22]

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 1983.[23]

Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia gained independence in 1979.[24]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Independence was granted to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 1979.[25]

Dependencies

British overseas territories

Head of the Commonwealth: Queen Elizabeth II[26]

Anguilla

Anguilla was a British dependency along with Saint Kitts and Nevis until 1971. Anguilla become a separate British dependency in 1980.[27]

Bermuda

Bermuda is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is included in the UN geoscheme for North America.[16] Bermuda is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.[28]

British Virgin Islands
Main article: 2020 in the British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands is a British overseas territory granted autonomy in 1967.[29]

Cayman Islands

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.[30]

Montserrat

Montserrat is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom.[31]

Turks and Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean.[16] Turks and Caicos Islands are a British overseas territory.[32]

  • Governor Nigel Dakin (since July 15, 2019)[32]
  • Premier: Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson (since December 20, 2016); she is the first female Premier of Turks and Caicos[32]

Colombia
Main article: 2020 in Colombia

Colombia declared its independence from Spain on July 20, 1810.[33]

The Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina is a Department of Colombia and is part of South America.[16]

  • Governor: Everth Hawkins Sjogreen (since 2019)

France

French Guiana

French Guiana is overseas territorial collectivity of France. The capital is Cayenne.[36]

Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe is an Overseas department and region of France.

  • Governor: Philippe Gustin (since May 28, 2018)[38]

Martinique

Martinique is an overseas department of France.

  • President of the Assembly of Martinique:Claude Lise (since December 18, 2015)[39]

Saint Barthélemy

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.[40]

  • President of Territorial Council: Bruno Magras (since July 16, 2007)[40]

Saint Martin

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.[41]

  • Prefect Anne Laubies (since June 8, 2015)[41]
  • President of Territorial Council Daniel Gibbs (since 2 April 2, 2017)[41]
    • First Vice President Valerie Damaseua (since April 2, 2017)[41]

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Monarch: King Willem-Alexander (since April 30, 2013)[42]

Aruba

Aruba became a semi-autonomous country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986.[43]

Curaçao

Curaçao has been a constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands since October 2010.[44]

Sint Maarten

Sint Maarten became a self-governing constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2010.[46]

Caribbean Netherlands

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.[42][47]

United States

The United States became independent on July 4, 1776.

Puerto Rico
Main article: 2020 in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is an unincorporated organized Territory of the United States.[49]

United States Virgin Islands

Venezuela
Main article: 2020 in Venezuela

Venzuela declared its independence from Spain on July 7, 1811.[lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 7]

Monthly events

January
  • 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.[53]
  • 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.[54]
  • 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.[55]
  • January 28 – An earthquake measuring 7.7Mw  is registered in the Caribbean Sea, 87 miles (140 kilometers) south of Granma Privince, Cuba and 83 (134 kilometers) miles north of Montego Bay, Jamaica. No injuries are reported.[56]
  • 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.[57]

February
  • 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.[58]
  • February 7 – Independence Day, Granada[21]
  • February 13 – Fifteen children die in a fire in an orphanage in Kenscoff, Ouest Department Haiti.[59]
  • 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.[60]
    • The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) announces that it plans regional 4% growth for all its borrowing member countries.[61]
  • February 16 – 2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections: Software problems force the suspension of the elections.[62]
  • 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.[63]
    • The United Nations Human Rights Commission demands that Cuba immediately liberate three political prisoners arrested on “vague” charges.[64]
  • 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.[65]
  • February 22 – Independence Day, Saint Lucia[24]
  • February 23
  • February 24 – Cuba's annual cigar trade fair begins.[70]
  • 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.[71] Two cases of flu were found.[72]
  • 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 (COVID-19).[73] The ship heads to St. Maarten.[74]

March
  • 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.[75]
  • 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 & Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Barthelemy, and Caymen Islands one each.[76]
    • 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.[77]
  • March 15
  • March 18
    • National Anthem and Flag Day (Kingdom of the Netherlands)[43]
    • The government of Puerto Rico implements a curfew and closes schools, some businesses, and government agencies.[81]
    • 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.[82]
  • March 19 – First two cases of COVID-19 in Haiti. Airports, schools, factories, and seaports are closed.[83]
  • 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.[84]
  • March 29 – The United States Coast Guard issues a safety bulletin for Florida, Georgia, South Caroina, 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.[85]
  • March 30 – Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day, Trinidad and Tobago

April
  • 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.[88] This is the largest armada ever assembled in the Western Hemisphere.[89]
  • April 3 – The Venezualan patrol boat Naiguata rammed the Portuguese-flagged RCGS Resolute, which was accused of piracy. The Naiguata sank.[90]
  • April 16 – Forty-two people die after drinking adulterated alcohol from three clandenstine distilleries in the Dominican Republic.[91]
  • 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.[92]
  • April 21 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean estimates that the coronavirus 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.[93]
  • 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.[94]
  • 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.[95]
    • 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.[96]
  • April 26
    • Cuba sends 1,200 doctors to 22 countries to help with the COVID-19 pandemic.[97]
    • April 26 – Rescheduled date for the 2020 Puerto Rico Democratic primary[98][99]
  • April 27 – King's Day (birthday of King Willem-Alexander), Curaçao[44]
  • 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.[100]
    • 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.[101]
  • April 30 – A gunman attacks the Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C.[102]

May
  • 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.[103] One centered in Tallaboa, Encarnación, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico has a Mw5.4.[104] Pwer outages and damages are reported in Puerto Rico where families cannot be relocated in shelters because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[105]
    • Guyana reports oil revenues of $60 million.[106]
    • El Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos (The Cuban Observatory of Human Rights, OCDH0) reports that activist Enix Berrio Sardá is missing.[107]
  • May 3 – Venezuela says that they defeated a boat invasion of "mercenary terrorists" from Colombia in the port city of La Guaira.[108]
  • 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.[109]
  • 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.[110]
  • May 10 – Mother's Day, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands
  • May 17 – 2020 Dominican Republic general election
  • May 18 – Discovery Day, Cayman Islands
  • May 19 – AT&T closes its operations in Venezuela.[111]
  • May 24 – Bermuda Day[28]
  • May 26
    • Independence Day, Guyana[8]
    • 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.[112]
    • 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.[113]
  • May 27 – A federal court suspends budget cuts for the Puerto Rican government.[114]
  • May 28 – Legisative 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.[115]
  • May 30

June
  • June 1 – Target date for reopening Jamaica and the U.S. Virgin Islands to tourism after COVID-19 pandemic.[116]
  • 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.[117]
  • June 5
    • Indian Arrival Day, Suriname
    • Suriname releases a preliminary report showing opposition leader Chandrikapersad "Chan" Santokhi won the May 25 presidential election.[118]
    • Venezuela arrests three local executives, Venezuelan citizens, of DirecTV after the Dallas-based company closed its offices on May 19.[119]
    • Tropical storm Cristobal causes severe flooding in southern Mexico and threatens the Gulf coast of the United States.[120]
  • 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.[121]
  • June 8
  • June 11
    • Feast of Corpus Christi, Venezuela
    • Luis Abinader, candidate for president of the Dominican Republic, tests positive for COVID-19.[124]
    • 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.[125]
  • June 13 – Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II (celebrated in British overseas territories)[31]
  • July 14 – Fête de la Federation (celebrated in overseas departments and collectivities of France)[40]
  • June 15 – Target date for reopening Aruba to tourism after COVID-19 pandemic.[116]
  • June 16 – Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says that Mexico will sell fuel to Venezuela for humanitarian purposes if requested.[126]
  • June 21 – Father's Day, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
  • June 24

Predicted and scheduled events

June through August

September through December

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

See also

References

Notes
  1. Guyana is 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.[6]
  2. Guyana And Venezuela both claim land west of the Essequibo River. Venezuela and Guyana also dispute Ankoko Island.[7]
  3. An election is scheduled in 2020.[8]
  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.[6]
  5. Nueva Esparta is a state of Venezuela and is part of South America.[16]
  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.[7]

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  137. Falleció la diputada Addy Valero tras una larga lucha contra el cáncer (in Spanish)
  138. Former G G Sir Frederick Ballantyne Passes
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  140. Nat. Football Team Player 1st Murder of 2020
  141. Fallece el exgrandesligas Ramón Avilés (in Spanish)
  142. Noted Barbadian poet and historian Brathwaite dies
  143. Décès de Jhon Jairo Velásquez, alias «Popeye», tueur à gages le plus célèbre de Pablo Escobar (in French)
  144. Fallece el pintor ponceño Wichie Torres (in Spanish)
  145. Fallece el General de División Efigenio Ameijeiras Delgado (in Spanish)
  146. Bunji, KMC’s producer dies
  147. Tony Fernandez has died at 57
  148. Falleció Clementina Vélez, reconocida exconcejal de Cali (in Spanish)
  149. JFF shocked at murder of former national footballer Irvino English
  150. Former Philadelphia Union player brutally killed in Colombia, police say
  151. Fallece Rafael Cancel Miranda, ex preso político y el último sobreviviente del ataque al Congreso en 1954 (in Spanish)
  152. Les anciens de Gagnon en deuil du maire René Coicou (in French)
  153. Muere Belarmino Correa Yepes, obispo y misionero de la Amazonía colombiana (in Spanish)
  154. RIP Apple Gabriel - Founding Member of Israel Vibration
  155. Fallece en Cuba el reconocido realizador audiovisual Juan Padrón (in Spanish)
  156. Jenny Polanco, acclaimed Dominican fashion designer, dies of coronavirus
  157. Reggae icon Bob Andy has died
  158. RIP Delroy Washington
  159. Muerte Kalil Haché enluta el deporte dominicano (in Spanish)
  160. Olympian Pearson Jordan passes away from COVID-19
  161. Jamaican Bobsledder Sam Clayton Jr. Dies at Age 58 from Coronavirus
  162. Oud-voorzitter Rekenkamer Suriname Hans Prade overleden (in Dutch)
  163. Ken Farnum, Olympian and folk hero, dies at age 89 of COVID-19
  164. Haiti-Foot: Claude Barthélemy de la génération 1974 est mort (in French)
  165. Col. John Lewis succumbs to COVID-19
  166. Falleció en Roma el padre venezolano de ascendencia libanesa, Miguel Ángel Tábet (in Spanish)
  167. Actress Lois Kelly Miller Has Died
  168. El fútbol cubano pierde a uno de sus mejores porteros (in Spanish)
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  170. Muere la escritora puertorriqueña Iris Zavala por coronavirus en España (in Spanish)
  171. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg's uncle dies from coronavirus
  172. Legendary Radio Announcer Dies from COVID-19 Complications
  173. Guyanese playwright Michael Gilkes dies from COVID-19 complications
  174. Former Blue Jays 2B Damaso Garcia dies at 63
  175. Designer Althea McNish dies
  176. Writer and Teacher Hache Carrillo, 60, has Died
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  179. Millie Small: My Boy Lollipop singer dies aged 72
  180. Award-winning photographer Michael Gordon has died
  181. Oud-parlementsvoorzitter Emile Wijntuin overleden (in Dutch)
  182. Dancehall Mourns The Death Of Legendary Producer Bobby Digital At 59
  183. Muere en España el estelar discóbolo cubano Roberto Moya (in Spanish)
  184. Barbados Advocate owner, Sir Anthony Bryan has died
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  187. Oud-premier Jules Sedney overleden (in Dutch)
  188. CIA-trained former Cuban spy Antonio Veciana dies in Miami
  189. Voormalig Statenvoorzitter Millerson overleden (in Dutch)
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  191. Luis Varela, former AP sports correspondent, dies at 82
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