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Most people might be hearing the name “Barbados” for the first time. Whatever the case, Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America, and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands. It lies on the boundary of the South American and the Caribbean Plates. Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown.
Mia Amor Mottley is a politician and lawyer from Barbados, born on October 1, 1965. She has led the Barbados Labor Party (BLP) since 2008 and has been the country's eighth prime minister since 2018. She is the first female to occupy either role. She also served as Barbados' first prime minister under the republican government after her proposed constitutional amendments ended the nation's constitutional monarchy. Now, she is spearheading an ambitious vision to upgrade Barbados's infrastructure and empower its people to thrive.
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