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St. Lucia
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1967 1981 |
The group of territorial islands in the West Indies in association with the United Kingdom. The original members included Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and adjacent islands. All the member islands became independent except Anguilla. Links: Dominica, West Indies, Antigua, Grenada, Nevis, Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, St. Kitts & Nevis 
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1974 |
Peter Bird and Derek King rowed 4,300 miles for 106 days east-to-west across the Atlantic from Gibraltar to the Caribbean island of Santa Lucia. They wrote of their trip in: "Small Boat Against the Sea." In 1996 he was lost at sea during an attempted crossing of the Pacific. Links: Windward & Leeward, St. Lucia, Gibraltar
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1979 Feb 22 |
St. Lucia gained full independence from Britain and Sir John Compton became the first prime minister. Links: Britain, St. Lucia
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1979 |
Sir Arthur Lewis (1915-1991), an economist from St. Lucia, shared the Nobel Prize in Economics with Theodore Schultz (1902-1998). Links: Nobel Prize, St. Lucia, Economics
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1991 Jun 15 |
Arthur Lewis (b.1915), Saint Lucian economist, died in Barbados. According to Lewis, developing countries' industrial wages begin to rise quickly at the point when the supply of surplus labor from the countryside tapers off. The “Lewis turning point,” named after him, gained wide circulation in the context of economic development in China. His work included “The Theory of Economic Growth” (1955) in which he sought to “provide an appropriate framework for studying economic development. Links: St. Lucia, Economics
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1992 Oct 8 |
Derek Walcott (1930-2013), West Indies born poet (Saint Lucia), was named winner of the Nobel Prize in literature. In 1997 his collection of poems "The Bounty" was published. In 2014 an anthology of his poetry was published. Links: Poet, Nobel Prize, St. Lucia
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1997 Jun 18 |
It was reported that Japan was paying 5 Caribbean nations extensive aid and investment in order to gain support to block protections for endangered species. Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent, St. Lucia and Dominica were all reported to have been bribed. Links: Dominica, Japan, West Indies, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, St. Kitts & Nevis, Leeward Islands
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1998 Jul 2 |
With Guyana in turmoil Pres. Jagan met with former pres. Hoyte in St. Lucia to make a deal that provided the opposition more say. Links: St. Lucia, Guyana
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2000 Dec 31 |
In St. Lucia machete wielding men stormed the Castries Cathedral, hacked at worshipers and set them ablaze. One nun was killed and 12 people injured. Two suspects identified themselves as Rastafarian foes of corruption in the Catholic Church. Links: St. Lucia
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2004 Sep 8 |
Hurricane Ivan made a direct hit on Grenada, killing at least three people. The most powerful storm to hit the Caribbean in 10 years also damaged homes in Barbados, St. Lucia and St. Vincent, just days after Hurricane Frances rampaged through. Links: Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Hurricane
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2006 Mar 7 |
St. Lucia expected to open an aerial tramway across 1,200 acres of northern rain forest and mountains. Links: St. Lucia
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2007 Jan 9 |
St. Lucian lawmakers made history in the Caribbean island when they selected two women to lead Parliament. Links: Women, St. Lucia
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2007 May 1 |
China lashed out at the Caribbean nation of St. Lucia for restoring diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing claims as Chinese territory. Links: China, St. Lucia
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2007 Aug 17 |
Hurricane Dean tore through the eastern Caribbean islands of St. Lucia and Martinique, ripping roofs from buildings, downing trees and knocking out power. 100 mph winds ruined the entire banana harvest on St. Lucia and Martinique and battered the banana industry in Dominica. Links: Dominica, Food, St. Lucia, Martinique, Hurricane
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2008 Jan 15 |
Singing schoolchildren welcomed Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian to St. Lucia for his first visit since the small Caribbean island shifted diplomatic ties to Taipei instead of rival China. Links: Taiwan, St. Lucia
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2010 Sep 17 |
On the island of St. Lucia a gunman walked into PM Stephenson King’s home-district office and killed a man who was waiting to see the government leader. Links: Murder, St. Lucia
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2010 Oct 30 |
Hurricane Tomas, the 12th of the Atlantic season, hit a cluster of Caribbean islands including St. Vincent and St. Lucia and moved toward Jamaica. 3 deaths were reported on St. Vincent. Links: St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Hurricane
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2011 Mar 2 |
In St. Lucia three gay men from Atlanta were beaten and robbed after masked bandits broke into their mountain rental home in Soufriere. Police later arrested two suspects in the assault and looked for three more. Links: Gays, St. Lucia
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2011 Nov 10 |
In St. Lucia a minibus carrying mourners from a funeral plunged off a cliff into the ocean leaving 16 people dead and one person missing. Links: St. Lucia, Tragedy, Bus Crash
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2011 Nov 28 |
St. Lucia held parliamentary elections. Kenny Anthony's St. Lucia Labor Party emerged victorious by winning nine of the 15 seats decided, while the former governing United Workers Party won six. Two seats were still undecided. Links: St. Lucia
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2017 Mar 17 |
In St. Lucia Derek Walcott (87), a Nobel-prize winning poet, died. He was known for capturing the essence of his native Caribbean and became the region's most internationally famous writer. Links: Poet, St. Lucia
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2017 Dec 5 |
The European Union put 17 non-EU countries on a blacklist of those it deems guilty of unfairly offering tax avoidance schemes. They Included: American Samoa, Bahrain, Barbados, Grenada, Guam, South Korea, Macau, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Namibia, Palau, Panama, St. Lucia, Samoa, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia and United Arab Emirates. Over 40 more were put on a "grey list" to be monitored until they are fully committed to reforms. Links: Bahrain, Panama, UAE, EU, Mongolia, South Korea, Marshall Islands, Trinidad&Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, Guam, Samoa, Tunisia, Namibia, Palau, Macau, Amer. Samoa
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2019 Mar 22 |
US President Donald Trump met with five Caribbean leaders who have sided with the United States and most Western countries in backing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as head of state. Trump met with leaders from the Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Saint Lucia at his private club in Palm Beach, Florida. Links: Haiti, Bahrain, Venezuela, USA, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Dominican Rep., Donald Trump
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2019 May 2 |
A ship with 300 passengers left St. Lucia late today after spending two days under quarantine. Authorities there said the ship's doctor requested 100 vaccines after a female crew member was diagnosed with measles. The 440-foot Freewinds ship is reportedly owned by the Church of Scientology. Links: Microbiology, St. Lucia
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2021 Apr 8 |
Digital cash called DCash, created by Barbados-based fintech company Bitt, became available in St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada and St. Kitts and Nevis. Links: Money, Barbados, Antigua, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis
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2022 Nov 18 |
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Saint Lucia's economy will face intensifying risks of natural disasters linked to climate change, advising the Caribbean state to build buffers despite financial constraints. Links: IMF, St. Lucia
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