Incumbents

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Jamaica

5 February – Drought, increases in local demand, and a drop in the number of farmers all contribute to a marijuana shortage. The COVID-19 pandemic and related curfew means that farmers have a difficult time in irrigating their fields.^[1]
17 February – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights releases a report that says the Jamaican government violated the rights of a gay man and a lesbian in 2011.^[2]
15 June – A drug smuggler has been jailed after more than £270,000 worth of cocaine was discovered hidden in food packets.^[3]

Deaths

4 January – Gordon "Butch" Stewart, hotelier (b. 1941).^[4]
9 January – Vivalyn Latty-Scott, 82, West Indies cricketer (Jamaica women's national cricket team, West Indies women's cricket team) and coach.^[5]
18 January
- Easton Lee, 89, Anglican priest, playwright and broadcaster.^[6]
- Yvonne Sterling, 65, reggae vocalist; stroke.^[7]
20 January – Ronnie Nasralla, 90, record producer (Byron Lee and the Dragonaires).^[8]
22 January – Luton Shelton, 35, footballer (Harbour View, Vålerenga, national team); complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.^[9]
7 February – Leslie Laing, 95, athlete, Olympic champion (1952).^[10]
17 February – U-Roy, 78, reggae singer.^[11]
2 March – Bunny Wailer, 73, farmer reggae singer-songwriter and percussionist (The Wailers); complications from a stroke.^[12]

References

^ HENDRICKS, SHARLENE; COTO, DÁNICA (February 5, 2021). "Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle". news.yahoo.com. AP. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^ "International court finds Jamaica violated rights of gays". AP NEWS. 17 February 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
^ "Grimsby man jailed for £270,000 cocaine smuggling plot". BBC News. 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ "Sandals founder Gordon 'Butch' Stewart dies". breakingtravelnews.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^ Cricket West Indies pays tribute to Vivalyn Latty-Scott
^ Jamaican Cultural Icon Easton Lee Has Died
^ Reggae Legend Yvonne Sterling Has Died At 65
^ Jamaican Record Producer And Businessman Ronnie Nasralla Dies At 90
^ Former Reggae Boyz Player Luton Shelton Has Died
^ Jamaican Olympic gold medalist Olympic Gold Medalist, Jamaica’s Leslie Laing Dies at 95
^ U-Roy, legendary reggae toaster, dies aged 78
^ "Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers member, dies". AP NEWS. AP. 2 March 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.

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Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
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2021 in the Caribbean

British West Indies
Danish West Indies
Dutch Caribbean
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
French West Indies
West Indies Federation

West
Indies

Antilles

Greater
Antilles

Cayman Islands
Cuba
Jamaica
Navassa Island
Puerto Rico

Hispaniola	Dominican Republic Haiti

Lesser
Antilles

Leeward
Islands

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Guadeloupe
- La Désirade
- Les Saintes
- Marie-Galante
Montserrat
Saba^{^*}
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sint Eustatius^{^*}

Saint Martin^{^}	Collectivity of Saint Martin Sint Maarten
Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Southern
Caribbean

Leeward
Antilles

Insular Venezuela
- Federal Dependencies
- Nueva Esparta

ABC islands	Aruba Bonaire^* Curaçao

Windward
Islands

Dominica
Grenada
- Carriacou and Petite Martinique
Martinique
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Barbados^†
Trinidad and Tobago^†

Lucayan
Archipelago

Bahamas

Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean
Sea

Aves Island
San Andrés and Providencia
- Bajo Nuevo Bank^~
- Serranilla Bank^~

Caribbean
continental
zone

Quintana Roo
- Cozumel

Central America	Belize Honduras Bay Islands Izabal Limón Corn Islands North Caribbean Coast South Caribbean Coast Panama
South America	Colombian Caribbean Venezuelan Caribbean

Wider
groupings
may include:

Yucatán Peninsula	Campeche Petén Yucatán
The Guianas	Amapá French Guiana Venezuelan Guayana Guyana Guayana Esequiba^ǂ Tigri Area^ǂ Suriname

N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

^{^}These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which ^*the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

^†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

^ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ^~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

^#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.