Barbados has elected its first President, a key step in preparations to become a republic and remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as head of state of the Caribbean island.
About
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands.
Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown.
It is at roughly 13°N of the equator.
Barbados lies on the boundary of the South American and the Caribbean Plates.