Last year on Nov. 30, the Caribbean country of Barbados made a huge power play by severing ties with Britain and monarch Queen Elizabeth II and deeming itself an official republic. In doing so, the ...

With countries like Australia still debating whether or not the time has come to become a republic, what prompted tiny Barbados with its population of less than 300,000, to take the leap?

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.

There's no simple way for me to characterize the emotions evoked by Barbados' official declaration of parliamentary republic status this week. My great-great-grandfather, Walter O.A. M. Collymore Sr., ...

Prince Charles has left Barbados after its first day as a republic that broke the country's centuries-old ties with the British monarchy and saw Rihanna collect her National Hero award. The Prince of ...

On its first anniversary of complete independence from British rule, a writer reflects on how Barbados continues to celebrate what it now means to be free. Last year on Nov. 30, the Caribbean country ...