Antigua and Barbuda

Covid-19 Policies

WATCH: Protests in Antigua and Barbuda over COVID-19 vaccine (Loop Caribbean News, 8/8/21)

Protests over mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations and safety mandates. 

Antigua: Parents, Students Protest Vaccine Mandate, Grenada’s Low Vax Rate (St Kitts & Nevis Observer, 11/1/21)

“Disgruntled parents and students protested outside Antigua and Barbuda’s Ministry of Education this morning against the government’s decision to enforce a vaccine mandate in schools”. By Loop News

 Scores protest vaccination policy in Antigua and Barbuda (Radio Jamaica News, 7/26/21)

"Scores of protestors in Antigua and Barbuda gathered outside Prime Minister Gaston Browne's office on Monday morning calling for the government to re-think its vaccination policy. The policy states that all government officers and ancillary staff are encouraged to get vaccinated or subject themselves to a COVID-19 test every 14 days."

Governance, Politics, Finance, and Economics

Bank Protest – We Deserve Better (Barbudaful, 6/10/19)

Thirty Barbudans traveled from Barbuda to Antigua to protest a difference in banking conditions between the two areas, causing a lack of support in the aftermath of the hurricane, routine life, and economic development.

Hurricane-hit Barbudans protest to save communal land from developers (Climate Home News, 4/19/18)

"Outside a Commonwealth summit in London, islanders demand their Antiguan prime minister, who called them ‘imbeciles’, reveal how aid money has been spent." By Megan Darby

People in the Caribbean Are Protesting Prince Harry with #NotMyPrince (Harper’s BAZAAR, 11/21/16)

"On Sunday, Prince Harry arrived in Antigua for the beginning of his two-week tour of the West Indies on behalf of the Queen, in which he will visit the Commonwealth country of Guyana as well as six countries where the Queen is still head of state: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines."  

Antigua-Barbuda takes protest over tax haven listing to Capitol Hill (Repeating Islands, 9/9/15)

"Antigua and Barbuda’s ambassador to the United States, Sir Ronald Sanders, has written to the mayor of the District of Columbia, Muriel Brower, and several members of the US congress calling for the removal of Antigua and Barbuda from a list of alleged 'tax havens'." 

Antigua-Barbuda MPs Walk Out Of Parliament In Protest Of Opposition Member (ZIZ, 1/24/15)

"Members of the ruling Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) in the House of Representatives on Thursday staged a protest action against an opposition member of parliament by walking out during the 2015 Budget Debate." 

FedEx Closes Office in Antigua 

(AP News, 8/27/99)

"Shipping company Federal Express has closed its office in Antigua amid an employee protest on sick pay."

Protesters march for election in Antigua and Barbuda (The Sun, 3/29/14)

"About 100 opposition supporters took to the street in Antigua and Barbuda on Friday, demanding the government name the date for the next election."