President-elect Sandra Mason (2L), Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley (3R) and Prince Charles stand on parade at the airport in Barbados ahead of the country's ...

OPINION: The prevailing system of neocolonialism by way of the Queen’s reign as head of state has come to a screeching halt The world watched on Monday night as Barbados removed Queen Elizabeth II as ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.

Barbados declared itself the world's newest republic on Tuesday, officially severing ties with Queen Elizabeth II and the British royal family. At a midnight ceremony in its capital of Bridgetown, the ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.