POLITÏCA
Barbados retirará a la reina Isabel como jefa de Estado
September 17, 2020 - La nación insular caribeña de Barbados dice que desea que la reina Isabel deje de ser su jefa de Estado el año próximo, con lo que quedarían en todo el mundo solo 15 países con la reina británica como monarca.
Barbados hopes the plan to become a republic will help it to shed its colonial past.
The plan has been suggested several times in the past. This time it coincides with the Black Lives Matter movement sparked by several killings of Black people by police in the U.S.
The country is planning on becoming a republic by November 2021, to coincide with Barbados' 55th anniversary of independence from Britain.
In addition to Barbados and the UK, Queen Elizabeth II currently serves as the Head of State of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.
These countries are known as “Commonwealth Realms,” which are distinct from the broader 54-nation Commonwealth of nations that have some connection to Great Britain, but do not necessarily have the Queen as head of state.
Barbados announcement could pave the way for other Commonwealth Realm countries to renounce monarchy.