The Caribbean island-nation of Barbados is now a republic after ending its ties with the British monarchy.
Sandra Mason has been sworn in as president, replacing Queen Elizabeth as head of state.
Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman was at the festivities in Bridgetown, Barbados.
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Yeah but the people they put them in charge of the country is still answering to the british
I hope they will still play cricket.
Why not?
🇧🇩🇿🇦 congratulations to Barbados Newly independent country Good Luck from My Bangladesh Tiger 🐅
Why you got the South African flag?
@Matthew because of my wife is Xhosa and children
@Balayet Hossainjoy oh cool.🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 the Xhosa are a lovely people. I’m a proud South African.
@Matthew thanks
@Matthew Xhosa ? Comment section really gave a lot of great info when something underrated for you
Canary Islands next
Good luck to them now get the Barbadians out of the British Armed forces as they are no longer entitled to serve in HM Forces.
Have you not gotten the memo, Brits are not joining up and Armed Forces budget cut. Even a Bajan in Barbados knows that.. shame on you bro
@Kammie Holder why shame on me? Did I say something shameful? Oh, and the armed forces budget has increased quite dramatically actually.
Our blood African slave may God bless you like stars in your freedom, I feel tears bz I recalled the story of colonial slave
now you know why i’m so proud to be ah BAJAN, happy first birthday bim,we love you
first birthday was 1966
@Jay Johnson 1966 to 2021 attached to the umbilical cord, like a fetus, cord cut, so its bim first REAL birthday
@ken tate literally nothing is changing in day to day life. barbados has been independent for ages. there is no difference except the title of being a republic.
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So Barbados can you defend yourself if there is out break of war in the Caribbean
Can Jamaica?
CONGRATS…all other Countries should follow suit. Canada, Australia take note !
I am west Africa please don’t call our enslave ralative slaves😭💔they still have relative in africa tha highly value and love them😭😭😭😭
Thank you and greetings from Barbados. I feel at home whenever I visit the continent and home to visit Tanzania, Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique by 2025.
We don’t you all are Normal Human beings and have the same dignity and respects as all of the rest 🙂
This is meaningless. The “president” is still a puppet of the Queen.
Great work by Barbasos…breaking the shackels of colonists and exploitation
RISE UP!!!!
Agree with it in principle but with climate change, you would think they would want British naval support or refuge
WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD BARBADOS ❤️🇸🇴 WORLD OF ZULMI
Congratulations Barbados. We needs to end this kinds of stuff. They took with forced n also tooks country wealth. Put an END & take control back.
Yeeeeyyyy🥳🥳🥳
I hope they recognize Palestine 💯🥺
BRO COME ON PALESTINE AND ISRAEL EVERYWHERE
I hope America doesn’t set up a new military base there.
Why, if you knew Barbados history you would not make such a statement.
Big up Barbados 🇧🇧
Now watch them ruin themselves with a different and more violent government, as the people of that continent usually do. Dont you dare create sound money though. You’ll get Gaddafied.
And you’re welcome for everything… starting with the “wheel” just a few hundred years ago.
Glad it’s a republic though. Good luck!
Jamaica next
The new Haiti, they’ll never survive without the UK. I guess the UK are saying good ridence. LoL
That’s the mindset of colonizer
You sound ignorant.
@Peggy Stoute Morin no buddy he’s just not ignorant he’s arrogant also
Comparing new C’bean Republic countries to Haiti is already a gross exaggeration.
2:44 uuuwww uww ha ha ha ha….. u know what am talking
Well done. Boycott British from everywhere
Good …Down with the Queen!
Has Prince Charles said anything about the “complexion” of his grandson, Archibald? Reporters did not ask him at all ? so disappointing…….
yes.
God bless Barbados, I want to visit the country I love the country too much.
You’re invited..come visit we an experience the love an warmth from us
@Marilyn King thanks so much
Australia should follow !
Countries usually experience a period of decline after abolishing their monarchy.
Rihanna is the reason for me to know beautiful Barbados 🇧🇧
News in 2 years. ”Corruption is tearing Barbados apart. Chaos on the streets.”
@Bev Poll That’s great to hear. I would be the most happiest person if you figured out a way to eradicate corruption. Hopefully your neighbours will follow your example.
@Ivan Ivan i wouldnt say we fully eradicated it but its not at high levels…. the caribbean has had a shared history but many countries have had their own unique issues which cause problems as it relates to corruption such as the effects of colonialism in trinidad with divisions racially, religious culturally and consequently politically of indo trinidadians and afro trinidadians the same pretty much in guyana….or the fact that jamaica’s history with socislism greatly affected the island politically, socially and economically…. also owing in part to US sabatoge.
@Bev Poll do you have insta ?
@Ivan Ivan nah im not on there
@Ivan Ivan i did my degree in history, i can tell you thats things arent always as they seem their are always root causes and contributing factors to much of the worlds issues especially in africa for example…. dont get me wrong many african leaders were poor leaders and had incompetent policies but the basis of africas problems can be attributed in part to the effects of colonialism especially poverty and why it seems africa cant feed its self…. i can always elaborate if you are intetested
What a shame!
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Jamaica are long overdue.
Yes all countries should become Republic. End commonwealth to. The tyrant don’t rule us now
Still under the crown, so when war breaks out, they will send your bois
I have no doubt that Barbados will also leave the Commonwealth as it continues to lead the Caribbean by example.
Failure ahead of them especially with a woman leader, that sure will end in chaos and poverty
Congratulations to the newest country in the world!!!!!!!!!!!
The British should be ashamed – non of this is taught at schools
Welcome to the Republic Gang Barbados, Love from Trinidad and Tobago.
Yesterday was such a special day for us Bajans. I’m just so unbelievably proud of my country.
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I hope Barbados doesn’t become like they do to Haiti.
Now starts the countdown to tragedy corruption and despair that freedom means to these people! With the Brits gone the island will become Sh.. in no time!!!Like Haiti!!!
Good. Don’t go and do coup detats like ghana, Côte divoire, togo, nigeria, burkina faso, mali and co. after they became a republic…and don’t try to be Mugabe or president of equitoria Guinea.
I’m wondering if it came a bit too late…🤔
I hope corruption and greed won’t become the order of the day. That stated, best of luck to Barbados.
Jamaica take notes. 🇯🇲…In fact all other realms should take notes!
👉☻🕇⛪KUDOS to BARBADOS for becoming a REPUBLIC. “LET GOD ALMIGHTY GUIDE YOU”.⛪🕇👈
🇰🇪 – I remember in KENYA when we got our INDEPENDENCE in 1963 and in one year 1964 Kenya became a REPUBLIC and ALL QUEEN ELIZABETH PORTRAITS were Removed and replaced with the President that Time it was JOMO KENYATTA Father of the present President UHURU KENYATTA. Kenya is Still in the “COMMONWEALTH”.👈
👉QUESTION: Was the New President SANDRA MASON Elected or Appointed? Just Asking.
👉 – PRINCE CHARLES Given the MEDAL of FREEDOM.✔✔
👉❤ – BARBADOS ICON “RIHANNA” Appointed the GOODWILL AMBASSADOR of BARBADOS. Only that I got Distracted by those POINTERS of Rihanna.😂✔
(I ❤LOVE❤ BARBADOS Prime Minister). “GOD BLESS THE PEOPLE OF BARBADOS”. PEACE.👍👌👏✔
Pongezi kwa wananchi wa Barbados kupata uhuru kamili. M’barikiwe. Wale wanataka kubaki watumwa mhamie kwa wazungu wa Uingereza. Congratulations to my African brothers and sisters in Barbados. Much 💕 to you from Afrika and more precisely Kenya. I know what we had to go through as MAU MAU fighters to send the British troops and the colonial administration out of my country. They used to cut off our males male organs as we kept the fight from the forests. They had taken our lands and made us homeless in our native African lands despite the fact that they came in without a visa or invitation. Right from the 16th century they kidnapped our Bantu people to go work for free in the West. Now we as Afrikans demand our compensation and no excuses. Britain, when are you sending me my check?
Why is he here because he and his people have no shame
Congratulation.
Other countries will find inspiration.
.bravo
I think northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland should also concern this, because everything belongs to England not to others.
That would be a shame. The UK as four country in one does better. Those individual nations would probably not have survived the last two millennium sticking together. England has brought in more wealth that those Nations also enjoy no need to vilify England.
@Ibrahim Joel
salam alaykom brother, I don’t know if you are living out there or not, but if you are dependant you will never enjoy even a single moment if you love freedom and your country, but minds are different, ideas too. everything is not about good economy sometimes it is the matter of passion and love to freedom.
If you are following what’s going around Asia, for sure Afghanistan people would have better life than now, if they were accepting Russia in their country they fought for freedom.
asalmu alaikom wa rahmatullah
Will Barbados pay reparations to Britain like Jamaica and other Caribbean countries.most likely
Welcome to poverty Barbados. This is freedom to be poor.
That’s the Brexit lol
Congrats Barbados 🇧🇧 !!! 🎉🎉
Jamaica 🇯🇲 next, PLEASE!!!! We’re done with that “Queen” (or whatever that lady is supposed to be).
Never forget extreme slave trade called Arab slave trade & Ottoman slave trade, 99% never survived from it..
Let’s see how the country lasts lol
Now everything will be better. Lol.
Wonderful news as a Irish man I am absolutely delighted for the fine people of Barbados 🇧🇧 😍
The people of Southern Cameroon, need to be free too
I’m happy to see that Barbados threw out the trash
It will follow Zimbabwes path
This is the beginning of the end of evil empire. United Kingdom.
Note that Barbados has developed substantially before embarking on this course of action.
In summary, the prime minister, without consultation decided to break away from the monarchy. The new president will take over the governor general’s residence in a ceremonial role and they will still be part of the British Commonwealth.
Great move!! Now it’s time for the other caricom islands to follow suit! It’s time for caricom to create a single currency
Well done Barbados. Other nations should follow like Bahamas Fiji and so on
The struggle continues my brother, the coloniser does not leave lightly
Зачем Англия стала делать это с армянским народом?
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99% of World dont give a flying f**k
Good for them. I wish Canada did the same and wrote an actual constitution to replace the absolute mess we have now…
What did she mean by “at least for now?”
Free Scotland 🏴
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I hope this will be the beginning of a trend.
Barbados has become a republic in November 30, 2021, ending its status as an independent dominion in which the Queen of Britain serves as head of state as represented by a Governor-General.
To ensure its full independence as a nation and to fully break the ambilical cord with Britain while maintaining diplomatic ties with it, Barbados must shift from the full parliamentary system to the semi-presidential system of the government, the mixture of the best features of the presidential and parliamentary systems that provides for sharing of executive powers between the President, the head of state that the people will directly elect for example, for a term of five years with another re-election for a term of five-years, and who will have the ultimate authority in terms of leadership of the state and that of the Prime Minister, the head of government that will be elected by the Parliament, the Legislative, upon the nomination of the President, to run the day-to-day operations of the government and to direct the government, composing of ministers, in executing the government policies and laws. This then, will help assure the overall development, progress and stability of the nation in the long-term. 🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧
On paper
Congratulations brothers and sister. Much love from Ethiopia 🇪🇹.
God bless them but Jamaica will never cut ties with the Queen and the British manarchy never….the last is the last we look to the future.
Thought so just as the lady say .
A future failed state. When you get Rihanna as national hero, you doom to fail