Barbados is liberated from the authority of the British Crown and becomes the newest republic in the world

Bridgetown-Sana

Barbados announced at dawn today its liberation from the authority of the British Crown, thus becoming the newest republic in the world.

According to the French Press Agency, in an official ceremony attended by the Crown Prince of the United Kingdom, Prince Charles, the announcement of the liberation of Barbados and the stripping of Queen Elizabeth II of her position as president of this country, while the Governor-General of the Caribbean island, Sandra Mason, was sworn in as president of the fledgling republic and the British crown flag was lowered.

Barbados held its first presidential election last October, 13 months after declaring its constitutional separation from the British crown.

The declaration of independence of the fledgling republic, known for its tourist fame in the Lesser Antilles, with a population of about 287,000, came after years of local campaigning and long debates about centuries of British influence punctuated by two hundred years of slavery.

The island is currently suffering from the effects of the Corona epidemic, as tourism was booming before its spread and was visited by more than a million tourists every year, while this number has decreased significantly recently, which made it suffer from obvious economic difficulties.

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