2020 in the Caribbean


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

Sovereign states

Cuba

declared its independence from the United States on May 20, 1902.
declared its independence from the United Kingdom on November 3, 1978.
declared its independence from Haiti on February 27, 1844.
gained its independence in 1966. It is a member of the Caribbean Community, Commonwealth of Nations, and the Union of South American Nations. The capital and chief port of Guyana is Georgetown.
declared its Independence from France on January 1, 1804. Its capital is Port-au-Prince.
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.
became independent on August 31, 1962. and a republic on August 1, 1976.
Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II

Antigua and Barbuda

became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1981.
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. They became independent from the United Kingdom in 1973.
became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966.
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.
became independent from the United Kingdom in 1974.
became independent in 1962.
achieved independence in 1983.
gained independence in 1979.
Independence was granted to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 1979.

British overseas territories

: Queen Elizabeth II

Anguilla

was a British dependency along with Saint Kitts and Nevis until 1971. Anguilla become a separate British dependency in 1980.
is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is included in the UN geoscheme for North America. Bermuda is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.
The British Virgin Islands is a British overseas territory granted autonomy in 1967.
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.
is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom.
are located in the Atlantic Ocean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean. Turks and Caicos Islands are a British overseas territory.
Colombia declared its independence from Spain on July 20, 1810.
The Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina is a Department of Colombia and is part of South America.
is overseas territorial collectivity of France. The capital is Cayenne.
is an Overseas department and region of France.
is an overseas department of France.
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.
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.

Aruba

became a semi-autonomous country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986.
has been a constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands since October 2010.
became a self-governing constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2010.
, Sint Eustatius, and Saba became special municipalities in the Caribbean Netherlands in October 2010. The Sint Eustatius island council was dissolved and replaced by a government commissioner in February 2018.

United States

The United States became independent on July 4, 1776.
is an unincorporated organized Territory of the United States.
Venzuela declared its independence from Spain on July 7, 1811.

January

July through August

January