Name: Simon Xavier

The Windward Islands

Dominica:  Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans, due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.    

Location:  Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago.
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Area:  total: 754 sq km
           water: 0 sq km
            land: 754 sq km

Grenada: One of the smallest independent countries in the western hemisphere, Grenada was seized by a Marxist military council on 19 October 1983. Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers. Free elections were reinstituted the following year.

Location:  Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago .
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Area:  total: 344 sq km
          land: 344 sq km
          water: 0 sq km

St.lucia: The island, with its fine natural harbor at Castries, was contested between England and France throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries (changing possession 14 times); it was finally ceded to the UK in 1814. Self-government was granted in 1967 and independence in 1979.

Location:  Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Area:  total: 616 sq km
           land: 606 sq km
           water: 10 sq km

St.Vincent:  Disputed between France and the United Kingdom in the 18th century, Saint Vincent was ceded to the latter in 1783. Autonomy was granted in 1969 and independence in 1979.

Location:  Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago .
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Area:    total: 389 sq km (Saint Vincent 344 sq km)
             land: 389 sq km
            water: 0 sq km

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