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

The seamless nature of Barbados’s constitutional change is a reminder that monarchs are hardly irreplaceable in the modern age.

Last week Barbados Parliament elected a president, Dame Sandra Mason, which means that two women - the prime minister and president - will lead the country when Mason is sworn in next month.

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.

With the stroke of midnight, Barbados cut its last remaining bonds to the British monarchy after nearly 400 years. In a ceremony on Monday evening, Prince Charles acknowledged the "appalling ...

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 Prepares to Drop Queen Elizabeth as Head of State as It Elects First President Dame Sandra Mason will be sworn in as the island nation's first president on Nov. 30, the 55th anniversary ...

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 has elected its first-ever president to replace Britain's Queen Elizabeth as head of state in a decisive step toward shedding the Caribbean island's colonial past.

Dame Sandra Mason previously served as governor general. Barbados hopes to become a republic before the 55th anniversary of its independence from Britain in November.

(Barbados Nation) Members of the House of Assembly and the Senate yesterday in a separate ballot, voted Governor General Dame Sandra Mason to be Barbados’ first President on November 30, 2021 ...

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.