A medical doctor and one-time parliamentary speaker will lead the Caribbean Community's only Dutch-speaking member nation as ...

Barbados elects its 1st president in a step towards shedding its colonial past NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Mackie Holder, consulate general of Barbados in New York, ...

The island of Barbados has said goodbye to the British monarchy. The Associated Press reported that the Caribbean island has become a republic for the first time and removed Queen Elizabeth as its ...

The island of Barbados is in the midst of great change. As the country continues to transition into a republic, the nation has elected a woman as its very first president.

Barbados’s figurehead governor general, Dame Sandra Mason, the symbolic representative of Queen Elizabeth II, was retitled “first president of Barbados.” ...

In a lavish ceremony full of dignitaries, politicians and Rihanna, Barbados removed the Queen of England as its head of state. Here is the nation's first president, Dame Sandra Mason, at that ...

Barbados has elected its first-ever president to replace Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. Dame Sandra Mason, 72, was elected with a two-thirds majority vote on Wednesday, Sky News reports.

Barbados on Tuesday removed the Queen as its head of state and became a republic. Barbados was seized by the British in 1627 and became independent in 1961. In a letter to the new president, the ...

Barbados President Sandra Mason — who previously served as governor-general — is now head of state. In a letter sent to Mason, the monarch congratulated both her and Barbados on their new status.

Barbados’ new President Sandra Mason, center right, awards Prince Charles with the Order of Freedom of Barbados during the presidential inauguration ceremony in Bridgetown, Barbados on November ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kareem Smith, a journalist with 'Barbados Today,' about the country removing the Queen of England as its head of state and what that means for Barbadians moving forward.