Barbados–United States relations

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Barbados–United States relations
Map indicating locations of Barbados and United States

Barbados
United States
Diplomatic mission
Embassy of Barbados, Washington, DCEmbassy of the United States, Bridgetown
Envoy
Ambassador Noel Anderson LynchAmbassador Roger F. Nyhus

The

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) office in Bridgetown
.

History

In the early 17th century Barbadians began large-scale migration from Barbados to the areas of North and South Carolina, becoming among some of the first resident settlers in those states.[1]

The first English settlement in

Ashley Rivers, was chosen. This is where Charles Town was founded in 1680, where it remains today with the slightly altered name Charleston. Since the Barbadians had been in the "plantation" business for decades, they brought this concept and its associated culture to Charles Town in the 1670s.[2]

In 1751, George Washington visited Barbados.[3] He stayed at what is now George Washington House (Barbados).

The U.S. Government has been represented on Barbados since 1923.

In 1993–94 Barbados was considering joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).[4] However, by 1996, this bid was put off in favour of the seeking admission to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).[5]

In May 1997, Barbadian Prime Minister

Bridgetown, Barbados
. The summit strengthened the basis for regional cooperation on justice and counter narcotics issues, finance and development, and trade.

Barbados receives counter-narcotics assistance and is eligible to benefit from the

U.S. military's exercise-related and humanitarian assistance
construction program.

The U.S.-based telecommunications company Liberty Latin America[6] (d/b/a Cable and Wireless), is the incumbent telephone service provider for the entire country of Barbados.

Mission

Wildey, Saint Michael, Barbados

The first embassy for the United States to Barbados was located at the former Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Building on Broad Street. Later, this was transformed from a consulate to an embassy in 1966. After outgrowing the available space on Broad Street, the embassy began searching for a new home. In 1997, the diplomatic mission sought a purpose-built location in

Wildey and in 2003, construction of the new U.S. Embassy designed by Sorg Architects began.[7] On January 11, 2007, the embassy moved from three old locations into the one new facility.[8] The current mission houses eight US government agencies, working in 24 countries and territories across the region.[9]

Bilateral relations

Barbados and U.S. authorities cooperate closely in the fight against

maritime law
enforcement agreement was signed in 1997.

A popular tourist destination, Barbados had around 570,000 tourists in 2006, mainly cruise ship visitors. The majority of tourists are from the United Kingdom, Germany, the Caribbean, and the United States. An estimated 3,000 Americans reside in the country.

In 2011 Barbados was added to a US work visa list.[10]

Diplomatic missions

Diplomatic visits

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Barbados Tourism Encyclopaedia - U.S.A. - Barbadian Ties
  2. ^ "Carolina - The Barbadian Settlers, et.al."
  3. ^ "George Washington House". Barbados.org.
  4. ^ http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=62201 [permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Recent Trends in Caricom". actrav.itcilo.org. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Liberty Latin America - C&W". Archived from the original on 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  7. ^ United States Embassy, Bridgetown, Barbados, Sorg Architects
  8. ^ U.S. EMBASSY COMPOUND BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS[permanent dead link], Archello Online
  9. ^ Remarks for the “Lime” with the new Barbados Parliament and Senators Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, US Embassy, 2008
  10. BBCCaribbean.com
    . Retrieved 17 January 2011. Barbados is among 15 countries added to a list eligible to participate in two United States foreign workers programmes known and H2A and H2B. [. . .] Jamaica, Belize and the Dominican Republic are among the 53 nations approved under both programmes.

Further reading

  • Mulraine, Lloyd E. "Barbadian Americans." Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 1, Gale, 2014), pp. 237–249. online
  • Genealogies of Barbados Families, From Caribbeana and the Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, 1983. "Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, there was a continuous flow of settlers from Barbados to virtually every point on the Atlantic seaboard, with the result that many families in America today trace their origins in the New World first to Barbados."
  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State.

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