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The following lists events that happened during ''' [[2021]] in [[the Caribbean]]'''.

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==Sovereign states==

===Cuba===
{{Main|2021 in Cuba}}
{{flagicon|Cuba}}
*[[First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba|First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba]]: [[Raúl Castro]] (since 2011),<ref name=cia_cuba>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cuba/ CIA Factbook: Cuba] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref> [[Miguel Díaz-Canel]] (since 19 April 2021)
*[[President of Cuba]]: [[Miguel Díaz-Canel]] (since 2019)<ref name=cia_cuba/>
**Vice-president: [[Salvador Valdés Mesa]] (since 2019)<ref name=cia_cuba/>
*Prime Minister: [[Manuel Marrero Cruz]] (since 2019)<ref name=cia_cuba/>

===Dominica===
{{Main|2021 in Dominica}}
{{flagicon|Dominica}}
*[[List of presidents of Dominica|President]]: [[Charles Savarin]] (2013-2023)<ref name=cia_dominica>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/dominica/ CIA Factbook: Dominica] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*Prime Minister: [[Roosevelt Skerrit]] (since August 8, 2004)<ref name=cia_dominica/>

===Dominican Republic===
{{Main|2021 in the Dominican Republic}}
{{flagicon|Dominican Republic}}
*[[President of the Dominican Republic]]: [[Luis Abinader]] (starting 2020)<ref name=abindader>{{cite web |title=Junta Electoral de República Dominicana proclama a Luis Abinader, presidente electo |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/07/15/junta-electoral-de-republica-dominicana-proclama-a-luis-abinader-presidente-electo/ |website=CNN |access-date=July 16, 2020 |date=July 15, 2020}}</ref>
*Vice-president [[Raquel Peña (politician)|Raquel Peña de Antuña]] (starting 2020)<ref name=abindader />

===Haiti===
{{Main|2021 in Haiti}}
{{flagicon|Haiti}}
*[[President of Haiti]]: [[Jovenel Moïse]] (2017-2021)<ref name=cia_haiti>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/haiti/ CIA Factbook: Haiti] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*Acting Prime Minister: [[Fritz-William Michel]] (since 2019)<ref name=cia_haiti/>

===Trinidad and Tobago===
{{Main|2021 in Trinidad and Tobago}}
{{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}}
*[[President of Trinidad and Tobago]]: [[Paula-Mae Weekes]] (since 2008)<ref name=cia_trinidad>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/trinidad-and-tobago/ CIA Factbook: Trinidad and Tobago] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*[[List of prime ministers of Trinidad and Tobago|Prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago]]: [[Keith Rowley]] (since 2015)<ref name=cia_trinidad/>

==Commonwealth Realms==
{{flagicon|Great Britain}} Monarch: Queen [[Elizabeth II]] (since 1952)<ref name=cia_uk>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/united-kingdom/ CIA Factbook: United Kingdom] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>

===Antigua and Barbuda===
{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}}
*[[Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda]]: [[Rodney Williams (governor-general)|Rodney Williams]] (since 2014)<ref name=cia_antigua>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/antigua-and-barbuda/ CIA Factbook: Antigua and Barbuda] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*Prime Minister: [[Gaston Browne]] (since 2014)<ref name=cia_antigua/>

===The Bahamas===
{{flagicon|The Bahamas}} [[The Bahamas]] are in the Atlantic Ocean and are part of the [[West Indies]], not part of the Caribbean, although the [[United Nations geoscheme for the Americas|United Nations]] groups them with the Caribbean<ref name=geoscheme />

===Barbados===
{{Main|2021 in Barbados}}
{{flagicon|Barbados}} [[Barbados]] became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966<ref name=cia_barbados/>
*[[Governor-General of Barbados]]: [[Sandra Mason]] (since 2018)<ref name=cia_barbados>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/barbados/ CIA Factbook: Barbados] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*President of Barbados: Sandra Mason (from November 30, 2021)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dame Sandra Mason nominated to be first Barbados President |url=https://today.caricom.org/2021/08/23/dame-sandra-mason-nominated-to-be-first-barbados-president/ |access-date=October 18, 2021 |work=Caricom Today |date=August 23, 2021}}</ref>
*[[Prime minister of Barbados]]: [[Mia Mottley]] (since 2018)<ref name=cia_barbados/>

===Grenada===
{{flagicon|Grenada}}
*[[Governor-General of Grenada]]: [[Cécile La Grenade]] (since 2013)<ref name=cia_grenada>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/grenada/ CIA Factbook: Grenada] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*Prime Minister: [[Keith Mitchell]] (since 2013)<ref name=cia_grenada/>

===Jamaica===
{{Main|2021 in Jamaica}}
{{flagicon|Jamaica}} [[Jamaica]] became independent in 1962<ref name=cia_jamaica>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/jamaica/ CIA Factbook: Jamaica] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*[[Governor-General of Jamaica]]: [[Patrick Allen (governor-general)|Patrick Allen]] (since 2009)<ref name=cia_jamaica/>
*[[Prime Minister of Jamaica]]: [[Andrew Holness]] (since 2016)<ref name=cia_jamaica/>

===Saint Kitts and Nevis===
{{flagicon|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
*[[Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis]]: [[Tapley Seaton]] (since 2015)<ref name=cia_kitts>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-kitts-and-nevis/ CIA Factbook: Saint Kitts and Nevis] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref> 
*Prime Minister: [[Timothy Harris]] (since 2018)<ref name=cia_kitts/>
**Deputy Prime Minister: Shawn Richards (since 2015)<ref name=cia_kitts/>

===Saint Lucia===
{{flagicon|Saint Lucia}}
*[[Governor-General of Saint Lucia]]: [[Neville Cenac]] (2018 - July 28, 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cenac resigns as Governor General of St Lucia {{!}} Loop St. Lucia|url=https://stlucia.loopnews.com/content/cenac-resigns-governor-general-st-lucia|access-date=August 3, 2021|website=Loop News|language=en}}</ref>
*Prime Minister: [[Allen Chastanet]] (2016 - July 27, 2021)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Prime Minister Pierre sworn in|url=http://www.govt.lc/news/prime-minister-pierre-sworn-in|access-date=August 3, 2021|website=Saint Lucia - Access Government}}</ref>
*Prime Minister: [[Philip J. Pierre|Phillip J. Pierre]] (July 28, 2021 – present)<ref name=":0" />

===Saint Vincent and the Grenadines===
{{flagicon|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
*[[Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]: [[Susan Dougan]] (since 2019)<ref name=cia_vincent>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines/ CIA Factbook: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*Prime Minister: [[Ralph Gonsalves]] (since March 28, 2001)<ref name=cia_vincent/>

==Dependencies==

===British overseas territories===
{{flagicon|Great Britain}} [[Head of the Commonwealth]]: Queen Elizabeth II<ref>[http://www.commonwealthofnations.org/commonwealth/head-of-the-commonwealth/ Head of the Commonwealth] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>

====Anguilla====
{{flagicon|Anguilla}}
*[[Governor of Anguilla]]: [[Tim Foy]] (since 2017)<ref name=cia_anguilla>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/anguilla/ CIA Factbook: retrieved 16 Feb 2020]</ref>
**Deputy Governor: Perin A. Bradley
*[[Premier of Anguilla]]: [[Ellis Webster]] (since 2020)<ref name=cia_anguilla/>

====Bermuda====
{{flagicon|Bermuda}} [[Bermuda]] is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is included in the UN geoscheme for North America<ref name=geoscheme>[https://www.internetworldstats.com/list1.htm#NA The Americas] Internet World Stats, retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*[[Governor of Bermuda]]: [[John Rankin (diplomat)|John Rankin]] (since 2016)<ref name=cia_bermuda>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bermuda/ CIA Factbook: Bermuda] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*Premier: [[Edward David Burt]] (since 2017)<ref name=cia_bermuda/>

==== British Virgin Islands ====
{{Main|2021 in the British Virgin Islands}}
{{flagicon|British Virgin Islands}}
*[[Governor of the Virgin Islands]]: [[Augustus Jaspert]] (since 2017)<ref name=cia_bvi>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/british-virgin-islands/ CIA Factbook: British Virgin Islands] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
**[[Deputy Governor of the British Virgin Islands]]: David Archer
*Premier: [[Andrew Fahie]] (since 2019)<ref name=cia_bvi/>

====Cayman Islands====
{{flagicon|Cayman Islands}}
*[[Governor of the Cayman Islands]]: [[Martyn Roper]] (since 2018)<ref name=cia_caymen>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cayman-islands/ CIA Factbook: Cayman Islands] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*Premier: [[Alden McLaughlin]] (since 2013)<ref name=cia_caymen/>

====Montserrat====
{{flagicon|Montserrat}}
*[[Governor of Montserrat]]: [[Andrew Pearce (diplomat)|Andrew Pearce]] (since 2018)<ref name=cia_montserrat>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/montserrat/ CIA Factbook: Montserrat] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*Premier: Easton Taylor-Farrell (since 2019)<ref name=cia_montserrat/>

==== Turks and Caicos Islands ====
{{flagicon|Turks and Caicos Islands}} [[Turks and Caicos Islands]] are located in the Atlantic Ocean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean<ref name=geoscheme/>
*Governor Nigel Dakin (since 2019)<ref name=cia_turks>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/turks-and-caicos-islands/ CIA Factbook: Turks and Caicos Islands] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*Premier: 
**Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson (until February 20)<ref name=cia_turks/> 
**Washington Misick (starting February 20)

===France===
{{flagicon|France}}
*President: [[Emmanuel Macron]] (since 2017)<ref name=cia_france>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/france/ CIA Factbook: France] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*Prime Minister: [[Édouard Philippe]] (since 2017)<ref name=cia_france/>

==== Guadeloupe ====
*Governor: Philippe Gustin (since 2018)<ref>{{cite web|website=World Statesman.org|title=Guadeloupe|access-date=February 17, 2020|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Guadeloupe.html}}</ref>

====Martinique====
*President of the Assembly of Martinique:Claude Lise (since 2015)<ref>{{cite web|website=World Statesman.org|access-date=February 17, 2020|title= Martinique |url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Martinique.htm}}</ref>

====Saint Barthélemy====
*President of Territorial Council: Bruno Magras (since July 16, 2007)<ref name=cia_saintbart>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-barthelemy/ CIA Factbook: Saint Barthélemy] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>

====Saint Martin====
*Prefect Anne Laubies (since 2015)<ref name=cia_stmartin/>
*President of Territorial Council Daniel Gibbs (since 2017)<ref name=cia_stmartin>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-martin/ CIA Factbook: Saint Martin] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
**First Vice President Valerie Damaseua (since 2017)<ref name=cia_stmartin/>

===Kingdom of the Netherlands===
{{flagicon|Netherlands}}
[[Monarchy of the Netherlands|Monarch]]: King [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands|Willem-Alexander]] (since April 30, 2013)<ref name=cia_netherlands>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/netherlands/ CIA Factbook: The Netherlands] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>

====Aruba====
{{flagicon| Aruba }}
*[[Governor of Aruba]]: [[Alfonso Boekhoudt]] (since 2017)<ref name=cia_aruba>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/aruba/ CIA Factbook: Aruba] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*Prime Minister: [[Evelyn Wever-Croes]] (since 2018)<ref name=cia_aruba/>

====Curaçao====
{{flagicon|Curaçao}}
*[[Governor of Curaçao]]: [[Lucille George-Wout]] (since 2013)<ref name=cia_curacao>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/curacao/ CIA Factbook: Curaçao] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*Prime Minister: [[Eugene Rhuggenaath]]<ref>[https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/news/fifa-president-inaugurates-forward-project-in-curacao FIFA President inaugurates Forward project in Curacao] FIFA.com, 10 August 2019, retrieved 17 February 2020</ref>

====Sint Maarten====
{{flagicon|Sint Maarten}} [[Sint Maarten]] became a self-governing constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2010.
*[[Governor of Sint Maarten]]: [[Eugene Holiday]] (since 2010)<ref name=cia_sintmartin>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/sint-maarten/ CIA Factbook: Sint Maarten] retrieved 16 February 2020</ref>
*Interim [[Prime minister of Sint Maarten]]: [[Silveria Jacobs]] (since 2020)<ref name=cia_sintmartin/>

====Caribbean Netherlands====
{{flagicon| Bonaire }} [[Bonaire]], {{flagicon|Sint Eustatius}} [[Sint Eustatius]], and {{flagicon|Saba}} [[Saba (island)|Saba]]<ref name=cia_netherlands/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.government.nl/latest/news/2018/02/05/central-government-intervenes-on-st.-eustatius |title=Central Government intervenes on St. Eustatius |publisher=Government of the Netherlands |date=5 February 2018 }}</ref>

===United States===
The {{flagicon|United States}}
*President
**[[Donald Trump]] (until January 20)
**[[Joe Biden]] (starting January 20)
*Vice-president
**[[Mike Pence]] (until January 20)
**[[Kamala Harris]] (starting January 20)

====Puerto Rico====
{{Main|2021 in Puerto Rico}}
{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}}
*[[Governor of Puerto Rico]]
**[[Wanda Vázquez Garced]] (until January 2)
**[[Pedro Pierluisi]] (starting January 2)
*[[Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico]]: [[Jenniffer González]] (since 2017)

====United States Virgin Islands====
{{flagicon|United States Virgin Islands}}
*Governor: [[Albert Bryan (politician)|Albert Bryan]] (since 2019)
**Lt. Governor: [[Tregenza Roach]] (since 2019)

==Events==
{{See also|COVID-19 pandemic in North America}}
===January and February===
*January 3 – The alert level on [[Saint Vincent (Antilles)|Saint Vincent]] is raised to orange for [[La Soufrière (volcano)|La Soufrière]] volcano.<ref>{{cite news |title=Soufrière St. Vincent volcano (West Indies, St. Vincent): actively growing lava dome |url=https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/soufriere-st-vincent/news/118392/Soufriere-St-Vincent-volcano-West-Indies-St-Vincent-actively-growing-lava-dome.html |access-date=January 5, 2021 |work=volcanodiscovery.com |publisher=Volcano Discovery |date=January 5, 2021}}</ref>
*January 6 – [[Stacey Plaskett]] (D), [[Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives|Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives]] from the Virgin Islands, said she sheltered in her office during the [[2021 storming of the United States Capitol|storming of the United States Capitol]] and avoided contact with Republican colleagues who refused to wear face masks.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McLaughlin |first1=Kelly |title=A member of Congress says she chose to risk running into Capitol rioters over sheltering with maskless colleagues during the insurrection |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/member-congress-says-she-chose-215233065.html |access-date=January 15, 2021 |work=news.yahoo.com |publisher=Business Insider |date=January 14, 2021}}</ref>
*January 8 – [[COVID-19 pandemic in North America|COVID-19 pandemic]]: Caymen Islands, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Aruba get vaccines, but larger, independent countries do not.<ref>{{cite web |title=These tiny Caribbean islands got the COVID-19 vaccine thanks to their 'mother countries' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/tiny-caribbean-islands-got-covid-193652043.html |website=news.yahoo.com |date=8 January 2021 |publisher=Miami Herald |access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref>
*January 18 – The [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE) plans to deport a Paul Pierrilus, 40, to Haiti on January 19. Pierrilus was born in Saint Martin to Haitian parents and has lived in the United States since he was five; technically he is a stateless person since he is a citizen of none.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Borger |first1=Julian |title=Trump administration to deport man to Haiti who has never been there |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-deport-man-haiti-235111430.html |access-date=January 18, 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=January 18, 2021}}</ref> Congressman [[Mondaire Jones]] (D-NY) stopped the deportation at the last minute. 218,000 other stateless people live in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Inman |first1=DeMicia |title=Rep. Mondaire Jones prevents Trump deportation of constituent to Haiti |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-mondaire-jones-prevents-trump-211700402.html |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=news.yahoo.com |publisher=The Grio |date=January 21, 2021}}</ref>
*January 28 – A Venezuelan-flagged fishing boat is captured with 4.2 tons of cocaine in international waters east of Barbados.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Martin |title=Huge cocaine shipment destined for streets of Britain is seized off the coast of Barbados |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/huge-cocaine-shipment-destined-streets-110018771.html |access-date=January 28, 2021 |work=news.yahoo.com |publisher=The Telegraph |date=January 28, 2021}}</ref>
*January 29 – 647 Haitian nationals, 23 Cubans, and 19 migrants from African countries are stranded on a beach in [[Antioquia Department]], Colombia, hoping to pass through the [[Darién Gap]] to Panama and the United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=Colombia reports almost 700 migrants stranded in Caribbean region |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-migrants/colombia-reports-almost-700-migrants-stranded-in-caribbean-region-idUSKBN29Y2J9 |access-date=January 29, 2021 |work=Reuters |date=29 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*February 7 – [[Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Haiti)|Haitian Justice Minister]] [[Rockefeller Vincent]] says that a planned assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and an attempted [[coup d'état]] were frustrated. Twenty-three are arrested.<ref>{{cite news |title=Crisis en Haití: el Gobierno aseguró haber frustrado un intento de golpe de Estado |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2021/02/07/crisis-en-haiti-el-gobierno-aseguro-haber-frustrado-un-intento-de-golpe-de-estado/ |access-date=February 7, 2021 |work=infobae |date=February 7, 2021 |language=es-ES}}</ref>
*February 8 – [[Kristalina Georgieva]] of the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) predicts that Latin American and Caribbean economic activity will not return to pre-pandemic levels of output until 2023 and [[List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita|GDP per capita]] will catch up only in 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Campos |first1=Rodrigo |title=Rough road ahead for Latam and Caribbean economies, says IMF |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/rough-road-ahead-for-latam-and-caribbean-economies-says-imf/ar-BB1duW9d |access-date=February 8, 2021 |work=msn.com |agency=Reuters |date=February 8, 2021}}</ref>
*February 9 – Delegate [[Stacey Plaskett]] (D) of the Virgin Islands makes history as the first non-voting member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] to serve as an [[Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump|impeachment manager]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Neumann |first1=Sean |title=How Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett Made History Arguing for Donald Trump's Impeachment |url=https://people.com/politics/how-virgin-islands-del-stacey-plaskett-made-history/ |access-date=February 14, 2021 |work=People |date=February 11, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*February 19
**The [[Group of Seven]] (G-7) promises an equitable distribution of [[COVID-19 vaccine]]s, although few details have been provided.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lawless |first1=Jill |title=G-7 vows 'equitable' world vaccine access, but details scant |url=https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-france-london-boris-johnson-europe-7313ccb3ec3945a1f5e959f9253171f7 |access-date=February 19, 2021 |work=AP News |date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
**Agricultural workers in Martinique and Guadeloupe get a court hearing on a [[pesticide]] banned in France but used on the islands. The case was brought in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=French Caribbean fights to keep pesticide case alive |url=https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-paris-france-environment-puerto-rico-3a59aff30fed29c9083b48b5e762c163 |access-date=February 19, 2021 |work=AP News |date=17 February 2021}}</ref>
*February 22 – The ''USCGC Thetis'' seizes 6,000 pounds of cocaine from three ships in 43 days.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Filosa |first1=Gwen |title=A Coast Guard crew seized $82 million worth of cocaine while on patrol in the Caribbean |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/coast-guard-crew-seized-82-212113964.html |access-date=February 22, 2021 |work=news.yahoo.com |publisher=Miami Herald |date=February 22, 2021}}</ref>
*February 25 – The Cayman Islands is one of four countries added to the [[Financial Action Task Force]] (FATF) list of places that are only partially in compliance with international efforts against financing terrorism and money laundering.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ganley |first1=Elaine |title=Senegal, Morocco, Caymans added to terror finance watch list |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/senegal-morocco-caymans-added-terror-finance-watch-list-76114639 |access-date=February 25, 2021 |work=ABC News |agency=AP |date=February 25, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

===March to June===
*March 1 – While COVID-19 infections are slowing worldwide, Caribbean states, including Jamaica, Cuba, Barbados, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are seeing a surge. Vaccine rollout has been slow<ref name="covid_surge">{{cite news |last1=Chappell |first1=Kate |last2=Marsh |first2=Sarah |title=As pandemic eases elsewhere, some Caribbean states face worst outbreaks yet |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/pandemic-eases-elsewhere-caribbean-states-165440224.html |access-date=March 1, 2021 |work=news.yahoo.com |agency=Reuters |date=March 1, 2021}}</ref>
*March 2 – A boat with partially decomposed bodies of six migrants, one with a passport from [[Guinea]], is found [[List of Caribbean islands|Cayo Las Palomas]], Nicaragua.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nicaragua finds boat with bodies of 6 migrants in Caribbean |url=https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-nicaragua-4672089dda81494d16374e8d849f41d6 |access-date=March 4, 2021 |work=AP News |date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
*June 10 – Two passengers on cruise ship test positive for COVID-19. They will stay in [[Sint Maarten]] until they test negative.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lonas |first1=Lexi |title=Two passengers test positive for COVID-19 on first Celebrity Millennium cruise since 2020 |url=https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/557938-two-passengers-test-positive-for-covid-19-on-first-celebrity-millennium?fbclid=IwAR2SyQ5uL7-_kz4JV4CgyDGeZOwqd42ugEf1PwNSjUyvhonXojbw1r5ZRyE |website=The Hill |access-date=June 11, 2021 |language=en |date=June 10, 2021}}</ref>

==Scheduled and programmed events==
===Elections===
{{Main|List of elections in 2021}}
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*January 25 – [[January 2021 Tobago House of Assembly election|2021 Tobago House of Assembly election]]
*February – [[2021 Jamaican local elections]]
*March 19 – [[2021 Curaçao general election]]
*March – [[2021 Barbuda Council]]
*May 26 – [[2021 Caymanian general election]]
*June – [[2021 Saint Lucian general election]]
*September – [[2021 Aruban general election]]
*[[2021 Turks and Caicos Islands general election]]
*[[2021 Bahamian local elections]]
*[[Next Haitian parliamentary election|Haitian parliamentary election]]
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===Holidays===
====January and February====
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*January 1 –[[New Year's Day]]
**[[Triumph of the Revolution]], Cuba<ref name="cuba_holidays">{{cite web |title=National Holidays in Cuba in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/cuba/2021 |website=Office Holidays |date=January 2021 |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Public holidays in Haiti|Independence Day]], Haiti (from France, 1804)<ref name="haiti_holidays">{{cite web |title=National Holidays in Haiti in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/haiti |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*January 2
**[[Victory Day]], Cuba<ref name="cuba_holidays" />
**Ancestry Day, Haiti<ref name="haiti_holidays" />
**[[Public holidays in Saint Lucia|Day after New Year's]], Saint Lucia<ref name="st_lucia_holidays">{{cite web |title=National Holidays in Saint Lucia in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/saint-lucia |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*January 6 – [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]], Christian and children's holiday
*January 11 – [[Public holidays in the Bahamas|Majority Rule Day]], the Bahamas<ref>{{cite web |title=Majority Rule Day (in lieu) in Bahamas in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/bahamas/majority-rule-day-holiday |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*January 18 – [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]], [[Public holidays in Puerto Rico|official holiday in Puerto Rico]] and [[United States Virgin Islands]]<ref name="pr_holidays">{{cite web |title=National Holidays in Puerto Rico in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/puerto-rico |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="usvirgin_holidays">{{cite web |title=Public Holidays in US Virgin Islands in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/us-virgin-islands |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*January 21
**[[Errol Barrow Day]], [[Public holidays in Barbados|Barbados]]<ref name="barbados_holidays">{{cite web |title=Bank Holidays in Barbados in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/barbados |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia|Our Lady of High Grace]], [[Public holidays in the Dominican Republic|holiday in the Dominican Republic]]<ref name="dom_rep_holidays">{{cite web |title=National Holidays in Dominican Republic in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/dominican-republic |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*January 25 – [[Juan Pablo Duarte]]′s Birthday, Dominican Republic<ref name="dom_rep_holidays" /> 
*February 8 – [[Independence Day (Grenada)]] (from the UK, 1974)<ref name="grenada_holidays">{{cite web |title=National Holidays in Grenada in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/grenada |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*February 15 – Heroes′ Day, Puerto Rico; [[Washington's Birthday|President's Day]], Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands<ref name="pr_holidays" /><ref name="usvirgin_holidays" />
*February 15–16 — [[Carnival]] Monday and Tuesday.
*February 22 – Independence Day, Saint Lucia (from the UK, 1979)<ref name="st_lucia_holidays" />
*February 27 – Independence Day, Dominican Republic (from Haiti, 1844)<ref name="dom_rep_holidays" />
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====March and April====
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*March 2 – American Citizenship Day, Puerto Rico<ref name="pr_holidays" />
*March 15 – [[Joseph Chatoyer]] Day, [[Public holidays in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]<ref name="st_vincent_holidays">{{cite web |title=National Holidays in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*March 22 – Emancipation Day, Puerto Rico<ref name="pr_holidays" />
*March 31 – Transfer Day, U.S. Virgin Islands.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transfer Day in US Virgin Islands in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/us-virgin-islands/transfer-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*April 2 – [[Good Friday]], Christian feast celebrated in Cuba,<ref name="cuba_holidays" /> [[Public holidays in Dominica|Dominica]],<ref name="dominica_holidays">{{cite web |title=National Holidays in Dominica in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/dominica |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*April 5 – [[Easter Monday]], Christian holiday celebrated in Dominica,<ref name="dominica_holidays" />
*April 28 – [[Barbadian National Heroes]] Day, Barbados<ref name="barbados_holidays" />
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====May and June====
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*May 1/3 – [[Labour Day]] and [[International Workers' Day]]
**Labour and Agriculture Day, Haiti<ref name="haiti_holidays" />
*May 18 – Flag and Universities Day, Haiti<ref name="haiti_holidays" />
*May 20 – [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] (from the United States, 1902), celebrated by [[Cuban exile]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cuban Independence Day |url=https://www.state.gov/cuban-independence-day/ |website=United States Department of State |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en |date=May 20, 2020}}</ref>
*May 24
**[[Whit Monday]], Christian holiday celebrated in Dominica,<ref name="dominica_holidays" />
**[[Public holidays in Jamaica|Labour Day (Jamaica)]]<ref name="jamaica_holidays">{{cite web |title=National Holidays in Jamaica in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/jamaica |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en |date=4 September 2020}}</ref>
*May 31 – [[Memorial Day]], Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands<ref name="pr_holidays" /><ref name="usvirgin_holidays" />
*June 3 – [[Feast of Corpus Christi]], celebrated in Dominican Republic,<ref name="dom_rep_holidays" /> [[Public holidays in Grenada|public holiday in Grenada]],<ref name="grenada_holidays" /> Haiti<ref name="haiti_holidays" /> Saint Lucia,<ref name="st_lucia_holidays" />
*June 4 – [[Randol Fawkes|Randol Fawkes-Labour Day]], the Bahamas<ref name="bahamas_holidays">{{cite web |title=National Holidays in Bahamas in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/bahamas |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
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====July and August====
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*July 3 – Emancipation Day, U.S. Virgin Islands<ref>{{cite web |title=V.I. Emancipation Day in US Virgin Islands in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/us-virgin-islands/vi-emancipation-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*July 4 – Independence of the United States, celebrated in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands<ref name="pr_holidays" /><ref name="usvirgin_holidays" />
*July 5–6 – Vincy Mas ([[Carnival]]), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines<ref name="st_vincent_holidays" />
*July 10 – Independence Day, the Bahamas (from the UK, 1973)<ref name="bahamas_holidays" />
*July 14 – [[Bastille Day]], celebrated in French territories.
*July 25–27 – Commemoration of the [[Moncada Barracks|Assault on the Moncada Barracks]], Cuba<ref name="cuba_holidays" />
*August 2
**[[Emancipation Day]], Dominica,<ref name="dominica_holidays" /> the Bahamas,<ref name="bahamas_holidays" /> Grenada,<ref name="grenada_holidays" /> Jamaica,<ref name="jamaica_holidays" /> Saint Vincent and the Grenadines<ref name="st_vincent_holidays" />
**[[Crop Over|Kadooment Day]], Barbados<ref name="barbados_holidays" />
*August 3
**Emancipation Day, Barbados<ref name="barbados_holidays" /> 
**[[Public holidays in Saint Kitts and Nevis|Culturama Day]], Saint Kitts and Nevis<ref name="st_kitts_holidays">{{cite web |title=National Holidays in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/saint-kitts-and-nevis |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*August 6 – [[Independence Day (Jamaica)]] (from the UK, 1962)<ref name="jamaica_holidays" />
*August 15 – [[Assumption of Mary]], Roman Catholic feast celebrated in Haiti<ref name="haiti_holidays" />
*August 16 – Restoration Day, Dominican Republic<ref name="dom_rep_holidays" />
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====September and October====
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*September 6 – [[Labor Day]], Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands<ref name="pr_holidays" /><ref name="usvirgin_holidays" />
*September 16 – [[Heroes' Day]], Saint Kitts and Nevis<ref name="st_kitts_holidays" />
*September 20 – Independence Day, Saint Kitts and Nevis (from the UK, 1973)<ref name="st_kitts_holidays" />
*September 24 – Feast of [[María de las Mercedes]] (English: Our Lady of Mercy), celebrated in Dominican Republic<ref name="dom_rep_holidays" /> 
*October 4 – Thanksgiving Day, Saint Lucia<ref name="st_lucia_holidays" />
*October 10 – Independence Day (from Spain, [[Ten Years' War|1868]]), Cuba<ref name="cuba_holidays" />
*October 11
**National [[Heroes' Day]], the Bahamas,<ref>[https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/bahamas/bahamas-national-heroes-day Heroes′ Day]</ref>
**[[Columbus Day]], Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands<ref name="pr_holidays" /><ref name="usvirgin_holidays" />
*October 17 – [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] Day, Haiti<ref name="haiti_holidays" />
*October 18 – Heroes' Day, Jamaica<ref name="jamaica_holidays" />
*October 25 – Thanksgiving Day, Grenada<ref>{{cite web |title=Thanksgiving in Grenada in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/grenada/grenada-thanksgiving |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*October 27 – Independence Day, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (from the UK, 1979)<ref name="st_vincent_holidays" />
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====November and December====
*November 1
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**Independence Day, [[Public holidays in Antigua and Barbuda|Antigua and Barbuda]] (from the UK, 1981)<ref>{{cite web |title=Independence Day in Antigua and Barbuda in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/antigua-and-barbuda/antigua-and-barbuda-independence-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[D. Hamilton Jackson]] Day, U.S. Virgin Islands<ref>{{cite web |title=D. Hamilton Jackson Day in US Virgin Islands in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/us-virgin-islands/d-hamilton-jackson-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[All Saints' Day]], Roman Catholic and [[Haitian Vodou|Vodou]] holiday in Haiti<ref name="haiti_holidays" />
*[[All Souls' Day]], Roman Catholic and Vodou holiday in Haiti<ref name="haiti_holidays" />
*November 3 – Independence Day, Dominica (from the UK, 1978)<ref name="dominica_holidays" />
*November 4 – National Day of Community Service, Dominica<ref>{{cite web |title=National Day of Community Service (in lieu) in Dominica in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/dominica/national-day-of-community-service |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*November 5 – Constitution Day, Dominican Republic<ref name="dom_rep_holidays" />  
*November 11 – [[Veterans Day]], Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands<ref name="pr_holidays" /><ref name="usvirgin_holidays" />
*November 18 – [[Battle of Vertières]] Day, Haiti<ref name="haiti_holidays" />
*November 19 – [[Discovery Day]], Puerto Rico<ref name="pr_holidays" />
*November 25 – [[Thanksgiving (United States)]], celebrated in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands<ref name="pr_holidays" /><ref name="usvirgin_holidays" />
*November 30 – [[Republic Day]], Barbados<ref>{{cite web|url=http://constitutionnet.org/news/barbados-parliament-votes-amend-constitution-paving-way-republican-status|title=In Barbados, parliament votes to amend constitution, paving the way to republican status|date=September 30, 2021|website=ConstitutionNet|access-date=October 18, 2021}}</ref>
*December 9 – [[Vere Bird|V.C. Bird Day]], Antigua and Barbuda<ref>{{cite web |title=V.C. Bird Day in Antigua and Barbuda in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/antigua-and-barbuda/antigua-national-heroes-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 5, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*December 13 – [[National Day]], Saint Lucia (feast of [[Saint Lucy]])<ref name="st_lucia_holidays" />
*December 25/26/27 – [[Christmas]] Day
*December 26/27/28 – [[Boxing Day]], celebrated in the Commonwealth and British Dependencies.
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==Deaths==
===January to March===
*January 5 – [[Gordon "Butch" Stewart]], 79, Jamaican businessman ([[Sandals Resorts]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Caribbean hotelier Gordon "Butch" Stewart dies at 79 |url=https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-caribbean-andrew-holness-jamaica-66101c4e91a3d14d526d786b3b97f007 |access-date=January 5, 2021 |work=AP News |agency=AP |date=5 January 2021}}</ref>
*January 9 – [[Vivalyn Latty-Scott]], 82, West Indies cricketer ([[Jamaica women's national cricket team|Jamaica national team]], [[West Indies women's cricket team|West Indies national team]]) and coach.<ref>[https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1971518 Cricket West Indies pays tribute to Vivalyn Latty-Scott]</ref>
*January 17 – [[Carlo Nayaradou]], 63, French-Martinican comic book author.<ref>[https://www.martinique.franceantilles.fr/actualite/culture/disparition-brutale-de-carlo-nayaradou-l-un-des-pionniers-de-la-bd-martiniquaise-569422.php Disparition brutale de Carlo Nayaradou, l'un des pionniers de la BD martiniquaise] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*February 6 – [[Ezra Moseley]], 63, Barbadian cricketer ([[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]], [[West Indies cricket team]], [[Barbados national cricket team|national team]]); traffic collision.<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ezra-moseley-former-west-indies-fast-bowler-dies-in-accident-aged-63-1250571 Ezra Moseley, former West Indies fast bowler, dies in accident aged 63]</ref>
*March 2 – [[Bunny Wailer]], 73, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter and percussionist ([[The Wailers]]); complications from a stroke.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers member, dies |url=https://apnews.com/article/bunny-wailer-dead-41f656973e58c6ebe98c223bc06ffc1b |access-date=March 2, 2021 |work=AP News |agency=AP |date=2 March 2021}}</ref>

===April to June===
*April 10 – [[Marcio Veloz Maggiolo]], 84, [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] writer, archaeologist and anthropologist, complications from COVID-19.<ref>[https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/pesar-por-muerte-del-escritor-marcio-veloz-maggiolo-MG25544877 Pesar por muerte del escritor Marcio Veloz Maggiolo] {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==See also==
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*[[2020s]]
*[[2021 in politics and government]]
*[[2020s in political history]]
*[[2021 Atlantic hurricane season]]
*[[Caribbean Community]]
*[[Organization of American States]]
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==References==
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