Political make-up of the Caribbean
For my first post I will discuss the political make-up of the West Indies. The main goal will be to give you the tools to understand the nations with concepts specific to their own reality without having to resort to the typical :"this is a Dutch island and that is a French island".The term West Indies will be used interchangeably with that of Caribbean as it is common in the region to use both. The denominations are not geographically bound and will mostly include countries in which the population overwehlmingly considers to be culturally part of the Caribbean. This conception can be tricky to grasp but is critical in any attempt to approach any matter that concerns the West Indies. If you have ever tried to gather information about a West Indian nation, you surely came accross references to the colonial power that used to rule the said nation. It is an easy but misleading way for one who wants to understand the geopolitical situation of those countries, as it does n...