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The following lists events that happened during 2023 in the Caribbean.

Sovereign states

Cuba

Main article: 2023 in Cuba

First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba: Miguel Díaz-Canel (since 19 April 2021)
President of Cuba: Miguel Díaz-Canel (since 2019)^[1]
- Vice-president: Salvador Valdés Mesa (since 2019)^[1]
Prime Minister: Manuel Marrero Cruz (since 2019)^[1]

Dominica

Main article: 2023 in Dominica

President: Charles Savarin (2013-2023); Sylvanie Burton (2 October onwards)^[2]
Prime Minister: Roosevelt Skerrit (since August 8, 2004)^[2]

Dominican Republic

Main article: 2023 in the Dominican Republic

President of the Dominican Republic: Luis Abinader (starting 2020)^[3]
Vice-president Raquel Peña de Antuña (starting 2020)^[3]

Haiti

Main article: 2023 in Haiti

President of Haiti: Ariel Henry
Acting Prime Minister: Ariel Henry

Trinidad and Tobago

Main article: 2023 in Trinidad and Tobago

President of Trinidad and Tobago: Paula-Mae Weekes (until 20 March); Christine Kangaloo onwards^[4]
Prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago: Keith Rowley (since 2015)^[4]

Commonwealth Realms

Monarch: Charles III

Antigua and Barbuda

Main article: 2023 in Antigua and Barbuda

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda: Rodney Williams (since 2014)^[5]
Prime Minister: Gaston Browne (since 2014)^[5]

The Bahamas

Main article: 2023 in the Bahamas

The Bahamas are in the Atlantic Ocean and are part of the West Indies, not part of the Caribbean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean^[6]

Barbados

Main article: 2023 in Barbados

Barbados became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966^[7]

President of Barbados: Sandra Mason (from November 30, 2021)^[8]
Prime minister of Barbados: Mia Mottley (since 2018)^[7]

Grenada

Main article: 2023 in Grenada

Governor-General of Grenada: Cécile La Grenade (since 2013)^[9]
Prime Minister: Dickon Mitchell

Jamaica

Main article: 2023 in Jamaica

Jamaica became independent in 1962^[10]

Governor-General of Jamaica: Patrick Allen (since 2009)^[10]
Prime Minister of Jamaica: Andrew Holness (since 2016)^[10]

Dependencies

British overseas territories

Head of the Commonwealth: Charles III

Anguilla

Governor of Anguilla: Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam (until 10 September); Julia Crouch onwards
Premier of Anguilla: Ellis Webster (since 2020)^[14]

Bermuda

Main article: 2023 in Bermuda

Bermuda is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is included in the UN geoscheme for North America.^[6]

Governor of Bermuda: Rena Lalgie
Premier: Edward David Burt (since 2017)^[15]

British Virgin Islands

Main article: 2023 in the British Virgin Islands

Governor of the Virgin Islands: John Rankin
- Deputy Governor of the British Virgin Islands: David Archer
Premier:Natalio Wheatley

Cayman Islands

Governor of the Cayman Islands: Martyn Roper (until 21 April 2023); Jane Owen onwards^[16]
Premier: Wayne Panton (until 15 November); Julianna O'Connor-Connolly

Montserrat

Governor of Montserrat:
- Sarah Tucker (since 2022)
Premier: Easton Taylor-Farrell (since 2019)^[17]

Turks and Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean^[6]

Governor Nigel Dakin (since 2019)^[18]
Premier:
- Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson (until February 20)^[18]
- Washington Misick (starting February 20)

France

President: Emmanuel Macron (since 2017)^[19]
Prime Minister:
- Jean Castex (since 2020)^[19]
- Elisabeth Borne (since 2022)

Guadeloupe

Governor: Philippe Gustin (since 2018)^[20]

Martinique

President of the Assembly of Martinique:Claude Lise (since 2015)^[21]

Saint Barthélemy

President of Territorial Council: Bruno Magras (since July 16, 2007)^[22]

Saint Martin

Prefect Anne Laubies (since 2015)^[23]
President of Territorial Council Daniel Gibbs (since 2017)^[23]
- First Vice President Valerie Damaseua (since 2017)^[23]

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Monarch: King Willem-Alexander (since April 30, 2013)^[24]

Aruba

Governor of Aruba: Alfonso Boekhoudt (since 2017)^[25]
Prime Minister: Evelyn Wever-Croes (since 2018)^[25]

Curaçao

Governor of Curaçao: Lucille George-Wout (since 2013)^[26]
Prime Minister: Gilmar Pisas

Sint Maarten

Sint Maarten became a self-governing constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2010.

Governor of Sint Maarten:
- Eugene Holiday (since 2010)^[27]
- Ajamu Baly (since 2022)
Interim Prime Minister of Sint Maarten: Silveria Jacobs (since 2020)^[27]

Caribbean Netherlands

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba^[24]^[28]

United States

The

President
- Joe Biden
Vice-president
- Kamala Harris (starting January 20)

Puerto Rico

Main article: 2022 in Puerto Rico

Governor of Puerto Rico
- Pedro Pierluisi (starting January 2)
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico: Jenniffer González (since 2017)

United States Virgin Islands

Governor: Albert Bryan (since 2019)
- Lt. Governor: Tregenza Roach (since 2019)

Events

Scheduled and programmed events

Elections

Main article: List of elections in 2023

18 January: 2023 Antiguan and Barbudan general election
26 March: 2023 Cuban parliamentary election
14 August: 2023 Trinidadian local elections

Holidays

January and February

January 1 –New Year's Day
- Triumph of the Revolution, Cuba^[29]
- Independence Day, Haiti (from France, 1804)^[30]
January 2
- Victory Day, Cuba^[29]
- Ancestry Day, Haiti^[30]
- Day after New Year's, Saint Lucia^[31]
January 6 – Epiphany, Christian and children's holiday
January 11 – Majority Rule Day, the Bahamas^[32]
January 18 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day, official holiday in Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands^[33]^[34]
January 21
- Errol Barrow Day, Barbados^[35]
- Our Lady of High Grace, holiday in the Dominican Republic^[36]
January 25 – Juan Pablo Duarte′s Birthday, Dominican Republic^[36]
February 8 – Independence Day (Grenada) (from the UK, 1974)^[37]
February 15 – Heroes′ Day, Puerto Rico; President's Day, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands^[33]^[34]
February 15–16 — Carnival Monday and Tuesday.
February 22 – Independence Day, Saint Lucia (from the UK, 1979)^[31]
February 27 – Independence Day, Dominican Republic (from Haiti, 1844)^[36]

March and April

March 2 – American Citizenship Day, Puerto Rico^[33]
March 15 – Joseph Chatoyer Day, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines^[38]
March 22 – Emancipation Day, Puerto Rico^[33]
March 31 – Transfer Day, U.S. Virgin Islands.^[39]
April 2 – Good Friday, Christian feast celebrated in Cuba,^[29] Dominica,^[40]
April 5 – Easter Monday, Christian holiday celebrated in Dominica,^[40]
April 28 – Barbadian National Heroes Day, Barbados^[35]

May and June

May 1/3 – Labour Day and International Workers' Day
- Labour and Agriculture Day, Haiti^[30]
May 18 – Flag and Universities Day, Haiti^[30]
May 20 – Independence Day (from the United States, 1902), celebrated by Cuban exiles.^[41]
May 24
- Whit Monday, Christian holiday celebrated in Dominica,^[40]
- Labour Day (Jamaica)^[42]
May 31 – Memorial Day, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands^[33]^[34]
June 3 – Feast of Corpus Christi, celebrated in Dominican Republic,^[36] public holiday in Grenada,^[37] Haiti^[30] Saint Lucia,^[31]
June 4 – Randol Fawkes-Labour Day, the Bahamas^[43]

July and August

July 3 – Emancipation Day, U.S. Virgin Islands^[44]
July 4 – Independence of the United States, celebrated in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands^[33]^[34]
July 5–6 – Vincy Mas (Carnival), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines^[38]
July 10 – Independence Day, the Bahamas (from the UK, 1973)^[43]
July 14 – Bastille Day, celebrated in French territories.
July 25–27 – Commemoration of the Assault on the Moncada Barracks, Cuba^[29]
August 2
- Emancipation Day, Dominica,^[40] the Bahamas,^[43] Grenada,^[37] Jamaica,^[42] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines^[38]
- Kadooment Day, Barbados^[35]
August 3
- Emancipation Day, Barbados^[35]
- Culturama Day, Saint Kitts and Nevis^[45]
August 6 – Independence Day (Jamaica) (from the UK, 1962)^[42]
August 15 – Assumption of Mary, Roman Catholic feast celebrated in Haiti^[30]
August 16 – Restoration Day, Dominican Republic^[36]

September and October

September 6 – Labor Day, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands^[33]^[34]
September 16 – Heroes' Day, Saint Kitts and Nevis^[45]
September 20 – Independence Day, Saint Kitts and Nevis (from the UK, 1973)^[45]
September 24 – Feast of María de las Mercedes (English: Our Lady of Mercy), celebrated in Dominican Republic^[36]
October 4 – Thanksgiving Day, Saint Lucia^[31]
October 10 – Independence Day (from Spain, 1868), Cuba^[29]
October 11
- National Heroes' Day, the Bahamas,^[46]
- Columbus Day, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands^[33]^[34]
October 17 – Jean-Jacques Dessalines Day, Haiti^[30]
October 18 – Heroes' Day, Jamaica^[42]
October 25 – Thanksgiving Day, Grenada^[47]
October 27 – Independence Day, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (from the UK, 1979)^[38]

November and December

November 1

- Independence Day, Antigua and Barbuda (from the UK, 1981)^[48]
- D. Hamilton Jackson Day, U.S. Virgin Islands^[49]
All Saints' Day, Roman Catholic and Vodou holiday in Haiti^[30]
All Souls' Day, Roman Catholic and Vodou holiday in Haiti^[30]
November 3 – Independence Day, Dominica (from the UK, 1978)^[40]
November 4 – National Day of Community Service, Dominica^[50]
November 5 – Constitution Day, Dominican Republic^[36]
November 11 – Veterans Day, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands^[33]^[34]
November 18 – Battle of Vertières Day, Haiti^[30]
November 19 – Discovery Day, Puerto Rico^[33]
November 25 – Thanksgiving (United States), celebrated in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands^[33]^[34]
November 30 – Republic Day, Barbados^[51]
December 9 – V.C. Bird Day, Antigua and Barbuda^[52]
December 13 – National Day, Saint Lucia (feast of Saint Lucy)^[31]
December 25/26/27 – Christmas Day
December 26/27/28 – Boxing Day, celebrated in the Commonwealth and British Dependencies.

Sports

2023 Caribbean Premier League

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v t e 2023 in the Americas
United States and Canada Latin America and the Caribbean
Regions	Latin America Hispanic North America Northern Caribbean Central America South America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Falkland Islands French Guiana Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saba Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

2023 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.

v t e 2023 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Haiti Jamaica Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Trinidad and Tobago
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Middle America	Mexico
South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador French Guiana Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies not included. Semi-autonomous territories are in italics.