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Barbados competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support to the United States-led boycott . The Barbados Olympic Association registered a total of 12 ...
The Nation (Irish newspaper), a former Irish nationalist newspaper founded in the 1840s. The Nation (Malawi), a daily paper print and online from Malawi. The Nation (Nigeria), a Nigerian newspaper. The Nation (Pakistan), an English-language newspaper in Pakistan. The Nation (Sri Lanka), an English-language weekly newspaper in Sri Lanka.
Health in Barbados. All Barbadian citizens are covered by universal health care at polyclinics and one general hospital. Barbados was placed 37th of 187 countries surveyed, in the Human Development Index. According to the 2019 World Bank Data, the life expectancy at birth in Barbados was 79 for men and 82 for women.
Barbados ( UK: / bɑːrˈbeɪdɒs / bar-BAY-doss; US: / bɑːrˈbeɪdoʊs / bar-BAY-dohss; locally / bɑːrˈbeɪdəs / bar-BAY-dəss) 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.
Wildey Turf. / 13.0915979; -59.5730353. Wildey Turf is a football stadium at the Sir Garfield Sobers Sports Complex, Wildey, Barbados . It is used by the Barbados Football Association for national team and club matches. In 2014, FIFA provided finances for an administrative building and grand stand. [2]
2015. 2019. 2023. Barbados competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. [1] A team of 29 athletes (18 men and 11 women) competing in 10 sports was announced by the Barbados Olympic Association on July 2, 2015. [2] [3] This marked a reduction of 23 athletes from the last edition of the games in 2011.
1940–1979. Florence Daysh, OBE (1908–1979) was a Barbadian social worker and politician. In 1954, she was appointed to the Legislative Council of Barbados and then in 1958, she was elected to serve in the West Indies Federation, one of only two women. In addition to her social welfare activities, Daysh actively worked to improve women's ...
In 2005, Fidel Castro offered to send more than 1,500 medical professionals to help the people of the United States of America in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The offer was declined, and the newly formed contingent got the name The Henry Reeve brigade, commemorating the New York -born brigadier of Cuban Liberation Army in the Ten Years ...