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2020 in the Caribbean

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The following lists events that happened during 2020 in The Caribbean.

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Sovereign states

=Cuba=

{{Main|2020 in Cuba}}

{{flagicon|Cuba}} Cuba declared its independence from the United States on May 20, 1902.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cuba/ CIA Factbook: Cuba] retrieved 16 February 2020

=Dominica=

{{flagicon|Dominica}} Dominica declared its independence from the United Kingdom on November 3, 1978.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/dominica/ CIA Factbook: Dominica] retrieved 16 February 2020

=Dominican Republic=

{{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} Dominican Republic declared its independence from Haiti on February 27, 1844.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/dominican-republic/ CIA Factbook: Dominican Republic] retrieved 16 February 2020

=Guyana=

{{flagicon|Guyana}} Co-operative Republic of Guyana gained its independence in 1966. It is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Commonwealth of Nations (Commonwealth), and the Union of South American Nations (USAN). The capital and chief port of Guyana is Georgetown.{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica|first1=Jack K.|last1=Menke|first2=Bonham C. |last2=Richardson |title=Guyana|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Guyana|access-date=April 26, 2020}}{{efn|Guyana has a border dispute with Suriname, which claims the area east of the left bank of the Corentyne River and the New River in southwestern Suriname. Suriname claims the Tigri Area.{{cite web |title=Guyana to experience ′massive' oil exploration this year |url=http://landofsixpeoples.com/news701/nk0702053.html |website=landofsixpeoples.com |access-date=April 26, 2020}}}}{{efn|Guyana And Venezuela both claim land west of the Essequibo River. Venezuela and Guyana also dispute Ankoko Island.{{cite web |title=Business: News in the Caribbean - Caribbean360.com |url=http://www.caribbean360.com/News/Business/Stories/2007/04/27/NEWS0000004303.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929100725/http://www.caribbean360.com/News/Business/Stories/2007/04/27/NEWS0000004303.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 September 2007 |access-date=April 26, 2020 |date=29 September 2007}}}}

  • President of Guyana
  • David A. Granger (May 16, 2015 – August 2, 2020)
  • Irfaan Ali (since August 2, 2020){{cite web |title=South America :: Guyana — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guyana/ |website=www.cia.gov |access-date=April 26, 2020}}{{efn|An election is scheduled in 2020.}}
  • Prime Minister
  • Moses Nagamootoo (May 16, 2015 – August 2, 2020)
  • Mark Phillips (since August 2, 2020)

=Haiti=

{{Main|2020 in Haiti}}

{{flagicon|Haiti}} Haiti declared its Independence from France on January 1, 1804. Its capital is Port-au-Prince.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/haiti/ CIA Factbook: Haiti] retrieved 16 February 2020

=Suriname=

{{flagicon|Suriname}} Previously known as Dutch Guiana, which gained its independence on 25 November 1975. The Republic of Suriname is a member of CARICOM. The capital is Paramaribo.{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica|first1=Henk E.|last1=Chin|first2=Jack K.|last2=Menke|title=Suriname |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Suriname|access-date=April 26, 2020}}{{efn|Suriname is a border dispute with Guyana, which claims the area east of the left bank of the Corentyne River and the New River in southeastern Suriname. Guyana claims the Tigri Area.}}

  • President of Suriname
  • Dési Bouterse (August 12, 2010 – July 16, 2020)
  • Chan Santokhi (since July 16, 2020){{cite news|url=http://dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2020/07/13/live-blog-verkiezing-president-en-vicepresident-suriname/|title=Live blog: Verkiezing president en vicepresident Suriname|website=De Ware Tijd|access-date=13 July 2020|language=nl|archive-date=15 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115220444/http://dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2020/07/13/live-blog-verkiezing-president-en-vicepresident-suriname/|url-status=dead}}
  • Vice President of Suriname
  • Ashwin Adhin (August 12, 2015 – July 16, 2020)
  • Ronnie Brunswijk (since 16 July 2020)

=Trinidad and Tobago=

{{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} Trinidad and Tobago became independent on August 31, 1962.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/trinidad-and-tobago/ CIA Factbook: Trinidad and Tobago] retrieved 16 February 2020 and a republic on August 1, 1976.[https://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/trinidad-and-tobago/history Trinidad and Tobago: History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810061727/https://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/trinidad-and-tobago/history |date=2020-08-10 }} The Commonwealth.org, Retrieved 16 February 2020

Commonwealth Realms

{{flagicon|Great Britain}} Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II (since February 6, 1952)[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/united-kingdom/ CIA Factbook: United Kingdom] retrieved 16 February 2020

=Antigua and Barbuda=

{{flagicon|Antigua and Barbuda}} Antigua and Barbuda became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1981.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/antigua-and-barbuda/ CIA Factbook: Antigua and Barbuda] retrieved 16 February 2020

=The Bahamas=

{{flagicon|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. They became independent from the United Kingdom in 1973.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bahamas-the/ CIA Factbook: The Bahamas] retrieved 16 February 2020

=Barbados=

{{flagicon|Barbados}} Barbados became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966.

= Belize =

{{flagicon|Belize}} Britain granted British Honduras self-government in 1964; on June 1, 1973, it was renamed Belize. Independence was achieved on September 21, 1981. The capital is Belmopan.{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica|title=Belize |first1=William J.|last1=Griffith|first2=O. Nigel|last2=Bolland|first3=Alfred E.|last3=Alford|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Belize|access-date=April 5, 2020}}

=Grenada=

{{flagicon|Grenada}} Grenada became independent from the United Kingdom in 1974.

=Jamaica=

{{Main|2020 in Jamaica}}

{{flagicon|Jamaica}} Jamaica became independent in 1962.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/jamaica/ CIA Factbook: Jamaica] retrieved 16 February 2020

=Saint Kitts and Nevis=

{{flagicon|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} Saint Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 1983.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-kitts-and-nevis/ CIA Factbook: Saint Kitts and Nevis] retrieved 16 February 2020

=Saint Lucia=

{{flagicon|Saint Lucia}} Saint Lucia gained independence in 1979.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-lucia/ CIA Factbook: Saint Lucia] retrieved 16 February 2020

=Saint Vincent and the Grenadines=

{{flagicon|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} Independence was granted to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 1979.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines/ CIA Factbook: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines] retrieved 16 February 2020

Dependencies

=British overseas territories=

{{flagicon|Great Britain}} Head of the Commonwealth: Queen Elizabeth II[http://www.commonwealthofnations.org/commonwealth/head-of-the-commonwealth/ Head of the Commonwealth] retrieved 16 February 2020

==Anguilla==

{{flagicon|Anguilla}} Anguilla was a British dependency along with Saint Kitts and Nevis until 1971. Anguilla become a separate British dependency in 1980.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/anguilla/ CIA Factbook: retrieved 16 Feb 2020]

==Bermuda==

{{flagicon|Bermuda}} Bermuda is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is included in the UN geoscheme for North America.[https://www.internetworldstats.com/list1.htm#NA The Americas] Internet World Stats, retrieved 16 February 2020 Bermuda is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.

== British Virgin Islands ==

{{Main|2020 in the British Virgin Islands}}

{{flagicon|British Virgin Islands}} The British Virgin Islands is a British overseas territory granted autonomy in 1967.

==Cayman Islands==

{{flagicon|Cayman Islands}} The Cayman Islands became a territory within the West Indies Federation in 1959; it remained a British dependency after the federation's breakup in 1962.

==Montserrat==

{{flagicon|Montserrat}} Montserrat is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom.

  • Governor of Montserrat: Andrew Pearce (since February 1, 2018)[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/montserrat/ CIA Factbook: Montserrat] retrieved 16 February 2020
  • Premier: Easton Taylor-Farrell (since November 19, 2019)

== Turks and Caicos Islands ==

{{flagicon|Turks and Caicos Islands}} Turks and Caicos Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean, although the United Nations groups them with the Caribbean. Turks and Caicos Islands are a British overseas territory.

  • Governor Nigel Dakin (since July 15, 2019)[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/turks-and-caicos-islands/ CIA Factbook: Turks and Caicos Islands] retrieved 16 February 2020
  • Premier: Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson (since December 20, 2016); she is the first female Premier of Turks and Caicos

=Colombia=

{{Main|2020 in Colombia}}

{{flagicon|Colombia}} Colombia declared its independence from Spain on July 20, 1810.[https://www.thoughtco.com/colombias-independence-day-2136390 Colombia's Independence Day] Thought Co., retrieved 3 April 2020

{{flagicon|San Andrés y Providencia}} The Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina is a Department of Colombia and is part of South America.

  • Governor: Everth Hawkins Sjogreen (since 2019)

=France=

{{flagicon|France}}

  • President: Emmanuel Macron (since May 14, 2017)[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/france/ CIA Factbook: France] retrieved 16 February 2020
  • Prime Minister: Édouard Philippe (since May 15, 2017)

==French Guiana==

{{flagicon|French Guiana}} French Guiana is overseas territorial collectivity of France. The capital is Cayenne.{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica|title=French Guiana|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/French-Guiana|access-date=April 26, 2020}}>

  • President of the Regional Council: Rodolphe Alexandre (since January 26, 2010){{cite web |title=Présidentielle - Rodolphe Alexandre: "La crise a frappé" - Abonnement |url=https://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/politique/presidentielle-rodolphe-alexandre-la-crise-a-frappe-123928.php |website=www.franceguyane.fr |date=23 April 0306 |access-date=April 26, 2020|language=fr|trans-title=Presidential - Rodolphe Alexandre: "The crisis has struck"}}

== Guadeloupe ==

{{flagicon|Guadeloupe}} Guadeloupe is an Overseas department and region of France.

  • Governor: Philippe Gustin (since May 28, 2018){{cite web|website=World Statesman.org|title=Guadeloupe|access-date=February 17, 2020|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Guadeloupe.html}}

==Martinique==

{{flagicon|Martinique}} Martinique is an overseas department of France.

  • President of the Assembly of Martinique:Claude Lise (since December 18, 2015){{cite web|website=World Statesman.org|access-date=February 17, 2020|title= Martinique |url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/Martinique.htm}}

==Saint Barthélemy==

{{flagicon|Saint Barthélemy}} Since 2007 Saint Barthélemy has been an overseas collectivity of France since 2007 and since 2012 it has been an overseas territory of the European Union.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-barthelemy/ CIA Factbook: Saint Barthélemy] retrieved 16 February 2020

  • President of Territorial Council: Bruno Magras (since July 16, 2007)

==Saint Martin==

{{flagicon|Saint Martin}} In 2003, the people of Saint Martin voted to secede from Guadeloupe; in 2007, the northern part of the island became a French overseas collectivity. In 2010, the southern half of the island became the independent country of Sint Maarten within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/saint-martin/ CIA Factbook: Saint Martin] retrieved 16 February 2020

  • Prefect Anne Laubies (since June 8, 2015)
  • President of Territorial Council Daniel Gibbs (since 2 April 2, 2017)
  • First Vice President Valerie Damaseua (since April 2, 2017)

=Kingdom of the Netherlands=

{{flagicon|Netherlands}}

Monarch: King Willem-Alexander (since April 30, 2013)[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/netherlands/ CIA Factbook: The Netherlands] retrieved 16 February 2020

==Aruba==

{{flagicon| Aruba }} Aruba became a semi-autonomous country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1986.

==Curaçao==

{{flagicon|Curaçao}} Curaçao has been a constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands since October 2010.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/curacao/ CIA Factbook: Curaçao] retrieved 16 February 2020

  • Governor of Curaçao: Lucille George-Wout (since November 4, 2013)
  • Prime Minister: Eugene Rhuggenaath[https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/news/fifa-president-inaugurates-forward-project-in-curacao FIFA President inaugurates Forward project in Curacao] FIFA.com, 10 August 2019, retrieved 17 February 2020

==Sint Maarten==

{{flagicon|Sint Maarten}} Sint Maarten became a self-governing constituent Kingdom of the Netherlands in October 2010.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/sint-maarten/ CIA Factbook: Sint Maarten] retrieved 16 February 2020

==Caribbean Netherlands==

{{flagicon| Bonaire }} Bonaire, {{flagicon|Sint Eustatius}} Sint Eustatius, and {{flagicon|Saba}} Saba became special municipalities in the Caribbean Netherlands in October 2010. The Sint Eustatius island council (governing body) was dissolved and replaced by a government commissioner in February 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.government.nl/latest/news/2018/02/05/central-government-intervenes-on-st.-eustatius |title=Central Government intervenes on St. Eustatius |publisher=Government of the Netherlands |date=5 February 2018 }}

=United States=

The {{flagicon|United States}} United States became independent on July 4, 1776.

  • President: Donald Trump (since January 20, 2017)[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/united-states/ CIA Factbook: United States] retrieved 16 February 2020
  • Vice-President: Mike Pence (since January 20, 2017)

==Puerto Rico==

{{Main|2020 in Puerto Rico}}

{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Puerto Rico is an unincorporated organized Territory of the United States.[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/ CIA Factbook: Puerto Rico] retrieved 16 February 2020

==United States Virgin Islands==

  • {{flagicon|United States Virgin Islands}} The United States Virgin Islands is a Territory of the United States.[CIA Factbook: United States Virgin Islands] retrieved 16 February 2020
  • Governor: Albert Bryan (since January 7, 2019)
  • Lt. Governor: Tregenza Roach (since January 7, 2019)

=Venezuela=

{{Main|2020 in Venezuela}}

{{flagicon|Venezuela}} Venezuela declared its independence from Spain on July 7, 1811.{{efn|Nueva Esparta is a state of Venezuela and is part of South America.}}{{efn|The Federal Dependencies of Venezuela encompass most of the Caribbean islands off the coast of Venezuela except Nueva Sparta.}}{{efn|Venezuela disputes land west of the Essequibo River with Guyana. Venezuela and Guyana also dispute Ankoko Island.}}

  • President
  • Nicolás Maduro (since April 19, 2013)[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/venezuela/ CIA Factbook: Venezuela] retrieved 16 February 2020
  • National Assembly President Juan Guaidó is recognized by more than 50 countries as the interim president.
  • Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez Gomez (since June 14, 2018)

Monthly events

=January=

  • January 1 – New Year's Day
  • Triumph of the Revolution (Liberation Day), Cuba
  • Independence Day, Haiti
  • January 6 – Epiphany (Christian holiday)
  • January 7 – A 6.4{{M|w}} 2020 Guayanilla earthquake rocks southwest Puerto Rico. One man died and 8 were injured. Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced declares a state of emergency and activates the national guard.[https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/07/us/puerto-rico-earthquake-tuesday/index.html A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Puerto Rico, killing 1 a day after another quake rocked the island] By Jason Hanna, Paul P. Murphy, & Joe Sutton, CNN, January 7, 2020
  • January 9 – 2020 Sint Maarten general election
  • January 12 – Remembrance Day, Haiti
  • January 13 – Eugenio María de Hostos Day, Puerto Rico
  • January 18 – Residents of Ponce broke into a warehouse and found bottled water, cots, baby food, and other unused emergency supplies stored since Hurricane Maria in September 2017. Governor Wanda Vázquez fired Carlos Acevedo, the director of the island's emergency management agency.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/puerto-rico-residents-outraged-after-discovering-warehouse-full-unused-aid-n1118501|title=Puerto Rico residents outraged after discovering warehouse full of unused aid from Hurricane Maria|publisher=NBC News|agency=Associated Press|date=19 January 2020}}
  • January 19
  • World Religion Day, Baháʼí Faith holiday in Suriname
  • Glorimar Andújar and Fernando Gil-Enseñat, Secretaries of Family Services Housing respectively, are fired in the warehouse scandal in Puerto Rico. Nino Correa is appointed chief of operations for the Emergency Management Office.[https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/19/us/puerto-rico-governor-fires-secretaries-housing-and-family-services/index.html Puerto Rico governor fires 2 more cabinet members after the discovery of Hurricane Maria supplies stacked in a warehouse] By Rafael Romo and Christina Maxouris, CNN, 20 January 2020
  • January 28 – An earthquake measuring 7.7{{M|W}} is registered in the Caribbean Sea, 87 miles (140 kilometers) south of Granma Province, Cuba and 83 (134 kilometers) miles north of Montego Bay, Jamaica. No injuries are reported.{{cite web |website=ABC News|title=Powerful earthquake strikes between Jamaica and Cuba|date=January 28, 2020|access-date=February 15, 2020|first=Karma|last=Allen|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/73-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-north-jamaica/story?id=68591879}}
  • January 31 – Photographer Caroline Power discovers a "blanket" of plastic five miles long and two miles wide (five by three kilometers) near Roatán Island, Honduras. It is believed to have been washed from the Motagua River during heavy rains in Guatemala.{{cite web |website=Educated Box|date=January 31, 2020|access-date=February 15, 2020|title=Photographer Discovers Horrific "Sea Of Plastic" Floating Near Caribbean Island |url=https://educatedbox.com/photographer-discovers-horrific-sea-of-plastic-floating-near-caribbean-island/|first=Jason|last=Stax}}

=February=

  • February 2 – Jennifer Lopez wows the crowd by wearing a costume featuring the flag of Puerto Rico during her half-time appearance at the Super Bowl LIV.[https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/481126-jennifer-lopez-sings-born-in-the-usa-while-wearing-puerto-rican Jennifer Lopez sings 'Born in the USA' while wearing Puerto Rican flag during halftime show] by Aris Folley, The Hill, 2 February 2020
  • February 7 – Independence Day, Granada
  • February 13 – Fifteen children die in a fire in an orphanage in Kenscoff, Ouest Department Haiti.[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mundo/mueren-15-ni%c3%b1os-al-incendiarse-orfanato-en-hait%c3%ad/ar-BB100wxf Mueren 15 niños al incendiarse orfanato en Haití {{in lang|es}}] La Jornada, 14 February 2020
  • February 14
  • A Royal Caribbean cruise ship from Port Liberty, New Jersey, did not make a scheduled stop in Port Canaveral, Florida, because of fears of the 2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus disease outbreak. The ship was scheduled to sail to The Bahamas, but instead it went to Bermuda.{{cite web|website=Florida Today|date=February 14, 2020|access-date=February 15, 2020|title=Royal Caribbean makes changes to cruise itinerary due to coronavirus concerns|first=Dave|last=Berman|url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2020/02/14/port-canaveral-lost-port-call-stop-because-coronavirus-scare/4758925002/}}
  • The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) announces that it plans regional 4% growth for all its borrowing member countries.[https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=52276&SEO=caribbean-bank-plans-regional-economic-growth Caribbean Bank plans regional economic growth] Prensa Latina, 14 February 2020 {{in lang|en}}
  • February 16 – 2020 Dominican Republic municipal elections: Software problems force the suspension of the elections.[https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/software-glitches-force-dominican-republic-suspend-vote-69018651?cid=clicksource_76_null_articleroll_hed Software glitches force Dominican Republic to suspend vote] ABC News, 16 February 2020
  • February 17
  • 932 kilos of pure gold worth $50 million (€46 million) is discovered on an airplane after it made an emergency landing at Reina Beatrix airport in Aruba.[https://www.elespanol.com/mundo/20200217/decomisan-tonelada-oro-venezolano-avioneta-aruba/468203224_0.html A ton of Venezuelan gold is seized in a plane in Aruba] {{in lang|es}} El Español, 17 February 2020
  • The United Nations Human Rights Commission demands that Cuba immediately liberate three political prisoners arrested on "vague" charges.[https://www.abc.es/internacional/abci-pide-regimen-cubano-inmediata-liberacion-indemnizacion-tres-disidentes-202002170913_noticia.html The UN asks the Cuban regime for the "immediate release and compensation" of three dissidents] {{in lang|es}} ABC Interncional (Spain), 17 February 2020
  • February 18
  • Luis Muñoz Marín Day, Puerto Rico
  • Summit of the Comunidad del Caribe (Caricom) (English: Caribbean Community) in Barbados. Leaders discuss health and economic issues.

[https://www.nodal.am/2020/02/cumbre-de-caricom-jefes-de-estado-del-caribe-se-reunen-en-barbados-para-abordar-cooperacion-en-economia-y-salud/ Caricom Summit: Caribbean Heads of State will address regional economic and health cooperation] {{in lang|es}} Nodal 18 February 2020

  • February 22 – Independence Day, Saint Lucia
  • February 23
  • Republic Day, Guyana
  • U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT), the front-running candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, controversially praises Fidel Castro's educational programs.[https://apnews.com/eff78183827908f1f6d03897b1b0edbb Sanders comments on Castro could pose hurdles in Florida] By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, AP, 24 February 2020[https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/24/florida-dems-uproar-sanders-cuba-comments-117213 Florida Dems in uproar after Sanders' Cuba comments] By MARC CAPUTO, Politico, 24 February 2020
  • Police in Haiti violently protest against money being spent on a carnaval celebrations instead of their salaries.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/haiti-carnival-protests-guns-a9354036.html Haiti carnival season start descends into gunfire and violent protests] Independent, 24 February 2020 One soldier dies the next day.[https://apnews.com/eb81ab578f81493f71f03f45533e5dd2 Haiti says soldier died of wounds after shootout with police] AP, 24 February 2020
  • February 24 – Cuba's annual cigar trade fair begins.[https://apnews.com/1c2c582c15b3c78929a8235764582b67 Cuba opens its annual trade fair for the key cigar sector] AP, 24 February 2020
  • February 26 – Mexican authorities grant permission for a cruise ship registered in Malta to dock in Cozumel, Quintana Roo, because she carries a passenger presumed to be infected with the coronavirus. The ship was previously denied access to ports in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/msc-meraviglia-cruise-ship-dock-cozumel-mexico-despite-coronavirus-fears MSC Meraviglia cruise ship to dock in Cozumel, Mexico despite coronavirus fears] {{in lang|en}} El Universal (English), 26 February 2020 Two cases of flu were found.[https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/mexico-no-coronavirus-on-msc-meraviglia Mexico: No Coronavirus on MSC Meraviglia] The Maritime Executive, 29 February 2020
  • February 27 – Independence Day, Dominican Republic
  • February 28 – The Dominican Republic refuses to allow a British cruise ship to dock due to fears of Coronavirus disease 2019.[https://apnews.com/44ec440a1a731a316187f0efd50c5bc2 Virus fears keep hundreds of cruise passengers at sea] AP, 28 February 2020 The ship heads to St. Maarten.[https://apnews.com/eae92804be924a3c8810d290eba1a2d6 Cruise ship goes to St. Maarten after coronavirus alarm] {{in lang|es}} AP, 28 February 2020

=March=

  • March 1 – The Caribbean Public Health Agency says the area faces a "moderate to high" danger of exposure to COVID-19. No cases have been confirmed in the region to date.[https://ewnews.com/moderate-to-high-risk-of-coronavirus-spread-to-caribbean-says-regional-agency Moderate to high risk of coronavirus spread to Caribbean, says regional agency] by Sloan Smith, Eyewitness News (Nassau), 1 March 2020
  • March 2– 2020 Guyanese general election
  • March 7 – Hamilton Lavity Stoutt Day, British Virgin Islands
  • March 9 and 10 – Phagwah, Hindu festival of colours; Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  • March 19 – Saint Joseph's Day, Colombia, Venezuela
  • March 12 – Jamaica reports eight cases of COVID-19, Dominican Republic 5, Cuba 4. Martinique 3, St. Martin 2, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Barthelemy, and Caymen Islands one each.[https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/countries-where-coronavirus-has-spread/ Countries where COVID-19 has spread] Worldmeters.info, retrieved 13 March
  • Cuban authorities say they have developed a new medicine that has proven effective in treating COVID-19, and that is being offered for sale on the international market.[https://www.elnuevodia.com/corresponsalias/cuba/nota/cubatienedisponibleimportantemedicamentocontraelcoronavirus-2552565/?fbclid=IwAR3Xg5YF7A_fUEoV1O1kSNHebcbODqnuh_ILOead_pSNDUs8WJcUUQQllRA Cuba has an important drug available against the coronavirus] {{in lang|es}} El Nuevo Dia, 15 March 2020
  • March 15
  • The 2020 Dominican Republic general election that had originally been scheduled for February 16[https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mundo/dominicana-realizar%c3%a1-el-15-de-marzo-la-elecci%c3%b3n-suspendida-por-una-falla-inform%c3%a1tica/ar-BB107e8c The Dominican Republic will hold on March 15 the election suspended due to a computer failure] {{in lang|es}} AFP, 17 February 2020 was carried out despite concerns about COVID-19.[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/elecciones-republica-dominicana-pamndemia-coronavirus-pkg-jessica-hasbun/ Dominican Republic elects mayors and councilors in municipal elections] {{in lang|es}} CNN en Espaňol, 15 March 2020, retrieved 20 March 2020
  • In a historic first, all Peace Corps volunteers worldwide are withdrawn from their host countries.{{cite web|website=Peace Corps |date=March 15, 2020|title=Peace Corps announces suspension of Volunteer activities, evacuations due to COVID-19|access-date=April 6, 2020 |url=https://www.peacecorps.gov/news/library/peace-corps-announces-suspension-volunteer-activities-evacuations-due-covid-19/}} {{cite web |website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=March 21, 2020|title=U.S. To Evacuate All Peace Corps Volunteers Due To Coronavirus

|access-date=April 6, 2020|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/us-peace-corp-evacuate-volunteers-coronavirus-crisis/30501929.html}}

  • March 18
  • National Anthem and Flag Day (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
  • The government of Puerto Rico implements a curfew and closes schools, some businesses, and government agencies.[https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/puerto-rico-toque-de-queda-rafy-rivera/ Government of Puerto Rico implements curfew to prevent the spread of the coronavirus] {{in lang|es}} CNN en Espańol, 16 March 2020
  • Ghislaine Maxwell, a former associate of the late Jeffrey Epstein, sues his estate in Superior Court in the U.S. Virgin Islands because she has received threats requiring her to hire personal security services.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-jeffrey-epstein-idUSKBN2153WD|title=Facing death threats, ex-Jeffrey Epstein associate Maxwell sues his estate|last=Stempel|first=Jonathan|date=18 March 2020|publisher=Reuters}}
  • March 19 – First two cases of COVID-19 in Haiti. Airports, schools, factories, and seaports are closed.[https://apnews.com/b403dffaf7c298669e33fb7de91df6c1 Haitians rush for supplies after first COVID-19 cases found] By EVENS SANON, AP, 20 March 2020
  • March 22 – Emancipation Day, Puerto Rico
  • March 24 – Barbados is declared the winner of the West Indies cricket championship after the tournament is suspended due to the pandemic.[https://apnews.com/435405d82ed4d043a7998c2a32fc8e87 Barbados declared winners of West Indies championship] AP, 24 March 2020
  • March 29 – The United States Coast Guard issues a safety bulletin for Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Puerto Rico stating that foreign-flagged vessels carrying more than 50 people should prepare to treat any sick passengers and crew on board and try to medically evacuate the very sick to their countries home countries.{{cite news|publisher=Associated Press|title=Coast Guard: Cruise ships must stay at sea with sick onboard|first1=Freida|last1=Frisaro|first2=Adriana Gomez|last2=Licon |date=1 April 2020|url=https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-us-news-ap-top-news-international-news-florida-564c86d2b78a6e1b1f0be7451848635a}}
  • March 30 – Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day, Trinidad and Tobago

=April=

  • April 1
  • U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he is stepping up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro after indicating Maduro on drug and terrorism charges. Trump sends anti-drug Navy ships and AWACS planes to the region near Venezuela in the largest military build-up in the region since the 1989 invasion of Panama to remove General Manuel Noriega from power.Trump: US to deploy anti-drug Navy ships near Venezuela AP, 1 April 2020
  • Three Cuban dissidents, including José Daniel Ferrer, arrested on October 1, 2019, have been released to house arrest.[https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2020/04/03/el-regimen-de-cuba-dicto-la-prision-domiciliaria-para-jose-daniel-ferrer-lider-opositor-en-la-isla-junto-a-otros-tres-dirigentes/ The Cuban regime dictated house arrest for José Daniel Ferrer, the opposition leader on the island] {{in lang|es}} Infobae, 1 April 2020
  • April 2 – The United Kingdom sends the armed hospital ship {{ship|RFA|Argus}} to the Caribbean to stop the narcotics trade from Venezuela. France sent the Dixmunde a few days earlier.[https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2020/04/03/el-reino-unido-anuncio-el-envio-de-un-buque-de-guerra-al-caribe/ The UK announced the dispatch of a warship to the Caribbean] {{in lang|es}} Infobae, 2 April 2020 This is the largest armada ever assembled in the Western Hemisphere.[https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2020/04/02/como-es-el-despliegue-de-buques-y-aviones-de-estados-unidos-para-la-operacion-antidrogas-mas-grande-de-occidente/ How is the deployment of ships and planes of the United States for the largest anti-drug operation in the West] {{in lang|es}} Infobae, 3 April 2020
  • April 3 – The Venezuelan patrol boat Naiguata rammed the Portuguese-flagged RCGS Resolute, which was accused of piracy. The Naiguata sank.{{cite web |title=Cruise ship collision sinks Venezuela navy vessel |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52151951 |website=BBC News |access-date=April 21, 2020 |date=3 April 2020}}
  • April 16 – Forty-two people die after drinking adulterated alcohol from three clandestine distilleries in the Dominican Republic.{{cite web |title=Mueren 42 personas por consumir alcohol adulterado en República Dominicana |url=https://www.informador.mx/internacional/Mueren-42-personas-por-consumir-alcohol-adulterado-en-Republica-Dominicana-20200416-0136.html |website=El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento |date=16 April 2020 |access-date=April 24, 2020 |language=es-ES|trans-title=42 people die from consuming adulterated alcohol in the Dominican Republic}}
  • April 16–19 – Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba[http://en.granma.cu/cuba/2019-12-20/led-by-raul-the-11th-plenum-of-the-communist-party-central-committee-held Led by Raúl, the 11th Plenum of the Communist Party Central Committee held] Granna, 20 December 2019, retrieved 15 February 2020
  • April 20 – Haiti reports that three migrants deported from the United States are infected with COVID-19.{{cite news |title=Exporting coronavirus? Infections among U.S. deportees reach Haiti, Mexico |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-deportees-idUSKBN22305K |publisher=Reuters |date=April 20, 2020 |last1=Oré |first1=Diego |last2=Paultre |first2=Andre |access-date=April 21, 2020}}
  • April 21 – The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic may result in a 5.3% in GDP in the region, resulting in a 4.4% increase in poverty and a 2.5% increase in extreme poverty—29 million people.{{cite web |last1=Cullell |first1=Jon Martín |title=El coronavirus amenaza con llevar a la pobreza a 29 millones de personas en América Latina |url=https://elpais.com/economia/2020-04-21/el-coronavirus-amenaza-con-llevar-a-la-pobreza-a-29-millones-de-personas-en-america-latina.html |website=EL PAÍS |access-date=April 24, 2020 |language=es |date=21 April 2020|trans-title=Coronavirus threatens to drive 29 million people into poverty in Latin America}}
  • April 24 – California-based Chevron Corporation must end its oil operations in Venezuela by December 1. Chevron's net daily production in 2019 averaged 35,300 barrels of crude oil, equal to roughly 6% of Venezuela's total production.{{cite web |title=Trump tells Chevron to "wind down" oil fields in Venezuela |url=https://apnews.com/ec3510ac38818e219a7268668da9920e |website=AP NEWS |access-date=April 23, 2020 |date=22 April 2020}}
  • April 23
  • An Iranian Airbus A340-642 lands in Paraguaná Peninsula. There is speculation that the flight may be related to drug trafficking, as Falcón State is close to the ABC Islands and the family of Falcón governor Stella Lugo Betancourt is believed to have ties to narcotics dealers.{{cite web |title=Un extraño avión iraní aterrizó en el norte de Venezuela |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/venezuela/2020/04/22/un-extrano-vuelo-irani-aterrizo-en-el-norte-de-venezuela/ |website=Infobae |date=22 April 2020 |access-date=April 23, 2020 |language=es-ES|trans-title=A strange Iranian plane landed in northern Venezuela}}
  • U.S.-based Church of Bible Understanding faces charges of negligence in relation to the February 13 fire that killed 13 children and two adults in a Haitian orphanage.{{cite web |title=US church faces neglect allegations after Haiti child deaths |url=https://apnews.com/f8a743eea310bd506cf6e5ebc13f9009 |website=AP NEWS |access-date=April 13, 2020 |date=23 April 2020}}
  • April 26
  • Cuba sends 1,200 doctors to 22 countries to help with the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |title=Coronavirus: Cuban doctors go to South Africa |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52431627 |publisher=BBC News |date=April 26, 2020 |access-date=April 26, 2020}}
  • April 26 – Rescheduled date for the 2020 Puerto Rico Democratic primary[https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/puerto-rico-postpones-presidential-primary-140734 Puerto Rico postpones presidential primary] By ZACH MONTELLARO, Politico, 21 March 2020, retrieved 28 March 2020[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/puerto-rico-moves-2020-democratic-primary-date-march-n1038801 By Suzanne Gamboa, Puerto Rico moves up 2020 Democratic primary to March] NBC News, 2 August 2019, retrieved 17 February 2020
  • April 27 – King's Day (birthday of King Willem-Alexander), Curaçao
  • April 29
  • 500 Venezuela migrants living in Colombia block a highway in protest of the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia. They say the makes it impossible for them to work. There are 1.8 million Venezuelan migrants living in Colombia.{{cite news |title=Venezuelan migrants block Bogota road, demand ability to travel home |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-colombia-migra-idUSKBN22B2YM |publisher=Reuters |date=April 29, 2020 |last=Griffin |first=Oliver |access-date=April 29, 2020}}
  • Two dozen Colombians deported from the United States have been found to have coronavirus. Other infections among deportees have been found in Haiti, Mexico, Guatemala, and Jamaica.{{cite news |title=Two dozen people deported to Colombia on U.S. flight found to have coronavirus: sources |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-colombia-idUSKBN22B3DB |publisher=Reuters |last1=Mohammed |first1=Arshad |last2=Symmes Cobb |first2=Julia |last3=Daniel |first3=Frank Jack |date=April 29, 2020 |access-date=April 30, 2020}}
  • April 30 – A gunman attacks the Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C.{{cite news |title=Cuba calls attack on Washington embassy terrorism; police say gunman heard voices |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cuba-embassy-idUSKBN22G2BW |publisher=Reuters |last=Marsh |first=Sarah |date=May 4, 2020 |access-date=May 6, 2020}}

=May=

  • May 1 – Labour Day in Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. "Agriculture and Labour Day" in Haiti
  • May 2
  • A series of earthquakes strike Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.{{cite web |title=Latest Earthquakes |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#%7B%22autoUpdate%22%3A%5B%22autoUpdate%22%5D%2C%22basemap%22%3A%22grayscale%22%2C%22feed%22%3A%221day_m25%22%2C%22listFormat%22%3A%22default%22%2C%22mapposition%22%3A%5B%5B-20.632784250388013%2C-143.26171875%5D%2C%5B43.197167282501276%2C-46.7578125%5D%5D%2C%22overlays%22%3A%5B%22plates%22%5D%2C%22restrictListToMap%22%3A%5B%22restrictListToMap%22%5D%2C%22search%22%3Anull%2C%22sort%22%3A%22newest%22%2C%22timezone%22%3A%22utc%22%2C%22viewModes%22%3A%5B%22list%22%2C%22map%22%5D%2C%22event%22%3A%22us700098t1%22%7D |website=earthquake.usgs.gov |access-date=May 2, 2020}} One centered in Tallaboa, Encarnación, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico has a Mw5.4.{{cite web |title=Sismo de magnitud 5,5 sacude Puerto Rico |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/05/02/sismo-de-magnitud-55-sacude-puerto-rico/ |website=CNN en Español |access-date=May 2, 2020 |language=es-ES |date=2 May 2020}} Power outages and damages are reported in Puerto Rico where families cannot be relocated in shelters because of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |title=Damage reported as 5.4-magnitude quake strikes Puerto Rico |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/quake-hits-puerto-rico-reports-damage-70469807 |website=ABC News |access-date=May 2, 2020 |language=en}}
  • Guyana reports oil revenues of $60 million.{{cite web |title=Guyana says it has received $60 million in oil revenues |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/guyana-received-60-million-oil-revenues-70472396 |website=ABC News |access-date=May 2, 2020 |language=en}}
  • El Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos (The Cuban Observatory of Human Rights, OCDH0) reports that activist Enix Berrio Sardá is missing.{{cite web |title=Denunciaron la desaparición en Cuba del disidente Enix Berrio |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2020/05/02/denunciaron-la-desaparicion-en-cuba-del-disidente-enix-berrio/ |website=infobae |date=2 May 2020 |access-date=May 2, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • May 3 – Venezuela says that they defeated a boat invasion of "mercenary terrorists" from Colombia in the port city of La Guaira.{{cite web |title=Venezuela says it foiled attack by boat on main port city |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/venezuela-foiled-attack-boat-colombia-70478402 |website=ABC News |access-date=May 3, 2020 |language=en}}
  • May 5 – Indian Arrival Day, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica
  • May 6 – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denies U.S. government in the Sunday boat attack on Venezuela and says they will use 'every tool' to release the two Americans arrested.{{cite news |title=U.S. will use 'every tool' to secure release if any Americans held in Venezuela: Pompeo |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-security-usa-idUSKBN22I2DM |publisher=Reuters |last1=Spetalnick |first1=Matt |last2=Pamuk |first2=Humeyra |date=May 6, 2020 |access-date=May 6, 2020}}
  • May 8 – COVID-19 pandemic: Haiti faces hunger and a breakdown of its health services. There are 34,000 people in resettlement camps and the country has reported eleven deaths and 100 coronavirus infections.{{cite web |author=Chandler Thornton and Etant Dupain |title=Haiti faces hunger as Covid-19 looms |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/08/americas/haiti-famine-coronavirus-intl/index.html |website=CNN |date=8 May 2020 |access-date=May 9, 2020}}
  • May 10 – Mother's Day, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands
  • May 18 – Discovery Day, Cayman Islands
  • May 19 – AT&T closes its operations in Venezuela.{{cite web |title=AT&T quits Venezuela as US sanctions force it to defy Maduro |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/att-quits-venezuela-us-sanctions-force-defy-maduro-70762673 |website=ABC News |access-date=May 19, 2020 |language=en}}
  • May 24 – Bermuda Day
  • May 25 – 2020 Surinamese general election: Won by Chan Santokhi, Progressive Reform Party with 39.45% of the votes.
  • May 26
  • Independence Day, Guyana
  • Emmanuel Constant, the accused leader of a Haitian death squad, was not among thirty Haitians deported from the U.S. All 30 have tested negative for COVID-19. Some of the 200 deported earlier this year have tested positive for the virus.{{cite web |title=30 deported to Haiti, but ex-strongman remains in US |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/30-deported-haiti-strongman-remains-us-70889964 |website=ABC News |access-date=May 26, 2020 |language=en}}
  • Vote counting in the 2020 Surinamese general election is suspended because the ruling party is losing and the workers are exhausted after numerous complaints of electoral fraud.{{cite web |title=Vote counting in Suriname suspended due to 'tired staff' |url=https://apnews.com/87b8bb13e403caa6069a13769722db93 |website=AP NEWS |access-date=May 27, 2020 |date=27 May 2020}}
  • May 27 – A federal court suspends budget cuts for the Puerto Rican government.{{cite web |title=Board suspends budget cuts for struggling Puerto Rico |url=https://apnews.com/c8bf0f494bb8a06319a5315cf76663b4 |website=AP NEWS |access-date=May 27, 2020 |date=27 May 2020}}
  • May 28 – Legislative leaders from Colombia and Cuba will meet with their counterparts from eight other Latin American countries to discuss a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |title=Parlamentarios de América Latina intercambiarán propuestas para contener el coronavirus en la región |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2020/05/24/parlamentarios-de-america-latina-intercambiaran-propuestas-para-contener-el-coronavirus-en-la-region/ |website=infobae |date=24 May 2020 |access-date=May 25, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • May 30
  • Anguilla Day
  • Indian Arrival Day, Trinidad and Tobago

=June=

  • June 1 – Target date for reopening Jamaica and the U.S. Virgin Islands to tourism after COVID-19 pandemic.
  • June 1 to November 30 – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts between 13 and 19 named storms this year, including three to six major hurricanes.{{cite web |title=Battered Caribbean prepares for hurricanes amid pandemic |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/battered-caribbean-prepares-hurricanes-amid-pandemic-70951514 |website=ABC News |access-date=May 29, 2020 |language=en}}
  • June 5
  • Indian Arrival Day, Suriname
  • 2020 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election: Won by Timothy Harris, People's Labour Party (Team Unity) with 54.86% of the votes.
  • Suriname releases a preliminary report showing opposition leader Chandrikapersad "Chan" Santokhi won the May 25 presidential election.{{cite web |title=Suriname finally issues vote results showing opposition win |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/suriname-finally-issues-vote-results-showing-opposition-win-71098897 |website=ABC News |access-date=June 5, 2020 |language=en}}
  • Venezuela arrests three local executives, Venezuelan citizens, of DirecTV after the Dallas-based company closed its offices on May 19.{{cite web |title=Venezuela jails 3 DirecTV executives as US firm cuts service |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/venezuela-jails-directv-managers-us-firm-service-end-71099437 |website=ABC News |access-date=June 5, 2020 |language=en}}
  • Tropical storm Cristobal causes severe flooding in southern Mexico and threatens the Gulf coast of the United States.{{cite web |title=Cristobal regains tropical storm force on track to US coast |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/tropical-depression-cristobal-expected-head-us-coast-71089309 |website=ABC News |access-date=June 7, 2020 |language=en}}
  • June 7 – COVID-19 pandemic: Cuba is praised for its response to the pandemic. The country reports 2,173 confirmed cases of and 83 deaths from coronavirus.{{cite news |title=Cuba sets example with successful programme to contain coronavirus |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/07/cuba-coronavirus-success-contact-tracing-isolation |work=The Guardian |last=Augustin |first=Ed |date=June 7, 2020 |access-date=June 7, 2020}}
  • June 8
  • The United States Department of the Treasury cancels the licence for Marriott Hotels & Resorts to operate in Havana, Cuba, effective August 31.{{cite web |title=EEUU canceló la licencia de la cadena Marriott para dirigir hoteles en Cuba |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/eeuu/2020/06/07/eeuu-cancelo-la-licencia-de-la-cadena-marriott-para-dirigir-hoteles-en-cuba/ |website=infobae |date=7 June 2020 |access-date=June 8, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • The ruling coalition in Guyana says it will go to court to prevent a declaration that the People's Progressive Party won the March 2 presidential election.{{cite web |title=Guyana ruling party rejects vote recount in election chaos |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/guyana-ruling-party-rejects-vote-recount-election-chaos-71136028 |website=ABC News |access-date=June 8, 2020 |language=en}}
  • June 11
  • Feast of Corpus Christi, Venezuela
  • Luis Abinader, candidate for president of the Dominican Republic, tests positive for COVID-19.{{cite web |title=Dominican presidential contender tests positive for COVID-19 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/dominican-presidential-contender-tests-positive-covid-19-200611192403294.html |website=www.aljazeera.com |access-date=June 13, 2020}}
  • The WHO reports a decrease in malaria in Latin America, mainly due to decreases in Venezuela, Colombia, and Guyana, although there are fears that many cases are going undetected as sick people stay home instead of going to hospitals. In the first five months of 2020, Venezuela registered 104,005 cases, a decrease of 58% compared to 248,191 in the same period in 2019. Haiti, Suriname, and Dominican Republic report increases.{{cite web |title=Malaria retrocede en forma dispar en América Latina |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/virales/malaria-retrocede-en-forma-dispar-en-am%c3%a9rica-latina/ar-BB15sUz7?li=AAggpOd&ocid=mailsignout |website=www.msn.com |access-date=June 14, 2020}}
  • June 13 – Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II (celebrated in British overseas territories)
  • July 14 – Fête de la Federation (celebrated in overseas departments and collectivities of France)
  • June 15 – Target date for reopening Aruba to tourism after COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |title=Is international travel allowed yet? See when Spain, Mexico, Iceland plan to reopen borders |url=https://news.yahoo.com/international-travel-allowed-yet-see-191613704.html |website=news.yahoo.com |access-date=May 24, 2020}}
  • June 16 – Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says that Mexico will sell fuel to Venezuela for humanitarian purposes if requested.{{cite web |title="Somos libres": López Obrador está dispuesto a vender gasolina a Venezuela, a pesar de sanciones de Washington |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/06/15/somos-libres-lopez-obrador-esta-dispuesto-a-vender-gasolina-a-venezuela-a-pesar-de-sanciones-de-washington/ |website=infobae |date=15 June 2020 |access-date=June 15, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • June 21 – Father's Day, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
  • June 24
  • Feast of St. John the Baptist and Anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo, Venezuela
  • A large dust storm from the Sahara Desert covers Puerto Rico and Cuba.{{cite web |title=Massive Saharan dust cloud shrouds the Caribbean |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53177693?intlink_from_url=&link_location=live-reporting-story |website=BBC News |access-date=June 25, 2020 |date=25 June 2020}}
  • June 29
  • Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Colombia and Venezuela
  • 2020 Anguillian general election: Won by Ellis Webster, Anguilla Progressive Movement{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=30 June 2020|title=Opposition Party Wins Anguilla General Election|url=https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/caribbean-breaking-news-featured/opposition-party-wins-anguilla-general-election/|access-date=|website=}}
  • June 30 – At Guyana's request, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) agrees to rule on the border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela.{{cite news |title=Guyana confía en una solución justa a la disputa con Venezuela en la CIJ |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/news/other/guyana-conf%C3%ADa-en-una-soluci%C3%B3n-justa-a-la-disputa-con-venezuela-en-la-cij/ar-BB18YhsD?ocid=msedgntp |access-date=September 12, 2020 |work=www.msn.com |agency=EFE |date=September 12, 2020 |language=es}}

=July=

  • July 1
  • Keti Koti, Emancipation Day, Suriname
  • Territory Day, British Virgin Islands
  • July 3
  • Emancipation Day, U.S. Virgin Islands
  • 16th century and 21st century policing methods are compared on social media in Trinidad and Tobago.{{cite web |title=Authorities' response to social unrest in Trinidad & Tobago raises debate about police power and public trust · Global Voices |url=https://globalvoices.org/2020/07/10/authorities-response-to-social-unrest-in-trinidad-tobago-raises-debate-about-police-power-and-public-trust/ |website=Global Voices |access-date=July 20, 2020 |language=en |date=10 July 2020}}
  • July 4 – Independence Day (United States) (U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico)
  • July 5
  • Independence Day, Venezuela
  • 2020 Dominican Republic general election: Won by Luis Abinader, Modern Revolutionary Party with 53.11% of the votes.{{cite web |title=El opositor Luis Abinader ganó en primera vuelta y es el presidente electo de República Dominicana |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2020/07/06/el-opositor-luis-abinader-gano-en-primera-vuelta-y-es-el-presidente-electo-de-republica-dominicana/ |website=infobae |date=6 July 2020 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • July 6
  • Constitution Day, Cayman Islands
  • CARICOM Day, Guyana
  • July 10 – Independence Day, The Bahamas
  • July 12
  • Schoelcher Day (Slavery Abolition Day) in Saint Martin
  • In an interview in The New York Times, former secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke reports that President Trump's first reaction to Hurricane Maria in 2017 was to sell Puerto Rico.{{cite news |title=Trump suggested selling Puerto Rico in response to Hurricane Maria, says former Cabinet official |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-puerto-rico-sell-hurricane-maria-elaine-duke-daca-a9614676.html |work=The Independent |last=O'Connell |first=Oliver |date=July 12, 2020 |access-date=July 12, 2020}}
  • July 13 – COVID-19 pandemic: A report by The New York Times and the Marshall Project indicates that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) worsened the spread of the pandemic by deporting sick people to their countries of origin, including Haiti.{{cite web |title=Servicio Migratorio de EU "exportó" Covid al regresar a personas infectadas |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/servicio-migratorio-de-eu-exporto-el-coronavirus-al-regresar-personas-infectadas |website=El Universal |access-date=July 14, 2020 |language=es |date=13 July 2020}}
  • July 17 – Venezuela protests against the incursion of the American destroyer USS Pinckney only 16.1 nautical miles (30 km) from its coast. The United States recognizes jurisdiction of only 12 nautical miles and insists the ship was in international waters.{{cite web |title=EU desafía a Venezuela con buque de guerra |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/global/eu-desafia-a-venezuela-con-buque-de-guerra/1394448 |website=Excélsior |access-date=July 18, 2020 |language=es |date=17 July 2020}}
  • July 20 – The Bahamas announces that commercial flights and sea cruises from most countries, including the United States, will be banned starting on July 22.{{cite web |first1=Alicia|last1=Lee| first2=Patrick | last2=Oppmann |title=Most US tourists banned from the Bahamas in effort to contain coronavirus spread |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/bahamas-bans-us-travelers-tourism-trnd/index.html |website=CNN |date=20 July 2020 |access-date=July 20, 2020 |language=en}}
  • July 23 – Authorities in Colombia seize a luxury mansion allegedly belonging to businessman Alex Saab, who was detained in Cape Verde on U.S. corruption charges related to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.{{cite web |title=Colombia seizes properties of businessman tied to Maduro |url=https://apnews.com/3a449af4725d802a7880a4c052f5715f |website=AP NEWS |access-date=July 25, 2020 |date=23 July 2020}}
  • July 24 – Simón Bolívar birthday, Venezuela
  • July 25
  • Puerto Rico Constitution Day
  • COVID-19 pandemic: Mexico and Japan send medical supplies to ten Latin American countries, including the Dominican Republic.{{cite web |title=México y Japón apoyan con insumos médicos a países de América Latina por Covid-19 |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/07/25/mexico-y-japon-apoyan-con-insumos-medicos-a-paises-de-america-latina-por-covid-19/ |website=infobae |date=25 July 2020 |access-date=July 25, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • July 25 to 27 – Assault on the Moncada Barracks, Cuba
  • July 31 – Hurricane Isaias strikes Turcos and Caicos and threatens the Bahamas.{{cite web |title=Huracán Isaías sacude Turcos y Caicos y sigue hacia Bahamas {{!}} Noticias 24 Mundo |url=https://www.noticias24.com/huracan-isaias-sacude-turcos-y-caicos-y-sigue-hacia-bahamas/ |website=Noticias24 |access-date=July 31, 2020 |language=es |date=31 July 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801153004/https://www.noticias24.com/huracan-isaias-sacude-turcos-y-caicos-y-sigue-hacia-bahamas/ |url-status=dead }} The Category 1 hurricane batters the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico.{{cite web |author=Jason Hanna |title=Hurricane Isaias heads toward Florida after battering Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic as a tropical storm |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/31/weather/hurricane-isaias-forecast/index.html |website=CNN |date=31 July 2020 |access-date=July 31, 2020}}

=August=

  • August 1 – Emancipation Day; Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago
  • August 3 – Panama proposes sending 2,000 Haitian, Cuban, and African migrants home after disturbances in camps.{{cite news |title=Panama proposes flying Haitian migrants home after clash |url=https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-panama-latin-america-caribbean-panama-city-9aa337442c5f0b6bc53a292005dbdcf2 |publisher=Associated Press |date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=August 5, 2020}}
  • August 4 – Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010) is placed under house arrest in relation to a case investigating alleged witness tampering. One day later he tests positive for COVID-19.{{cite web |first1=Tatiana |last1=Arias |first2=Stefano |last2=Pozzebon |title=Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe tests positive for Covid-19 after house arrest order |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/05/americas/colombia-uribe-detention-intl/index.html |website=CNN |date=5 August 2020 |access-date=August 6, 2020}}
  • August 5 – Emancipation Day, the Bahamas
  • August 6
  • Independence Day, Jamaica (from the United Kingdom, 1962)
  • COVID-19 pandemic: One day after reporting no new cases, Cuba reports 49 new infections.{{cite web |author=Forbes Staff|title=Cuba vive un rebrote de contagios por Covid-19 |url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/mundo-cuba-fase-epidemica-rebrote-contagios-covid-19/ |website=Forbes México |access-date=August 7, 2020 |language=es-MX |date=6 August 2020}}
  • August 7 – The El Salvador Supreme Court rejects efforts to reopen the economy.{{cite news |title=El Salvador supreme court rebukes president's decree to reopen economy |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-el-salvador-idUSKCN25402T |publisher=Reuters |last=Renteria |first=Nelson |date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
  • August 8
  • Javanese Arrival Day, Suriname
  • Two former Green Berets are sentenced to 20 years in prison for a May 3 attack on Venezuela.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Scott |last2=Goodman |first2=Joshua |title=Ex-Green Berets sentenced to 20 years for Venezuela attack |url=https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-caracas-special-forces-latin-america-caribbean-48b805ba801bfa92495e24471751f1fe |publisher=Associated Press |date=August 8, 2020 |access-date=August 8, 2020}}
  • August 9
  • Indigenous Peoples' Day, Suriname
  • Rescheduled Puerto Rico primary elections{{cite news |last1=Coto |first1=Dánica |title=Voters weary as Puerto Rico prepares for historic primaries |url=https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-puerto-rico-2019-2020-coronavirus-pandemic-1f0e898cb640d5d912a0f5535c7bf325 |publisher=Associated Press |date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=August 7, 2020}} Some elections are rescheduled because there are not enough ballots.{{cite web |title=Falta de boletas ocasiona suspensión de elecciones en Puerto Rico |url=https://www.milenio.com/internacional/falta-boletas-ocasiona-suspension-elecciones-puerto-rico |website=www.milenio.com |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=August 9, 2020}}
  • August 10 – 2020 Trinidad and Tobago general election{{cite news |last1=Kalifa |first1=Clyne |title=August 10 is Trinidad and Tobago election day |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2020/07/03/august-10-is-trinidad-and-tobago-election-day/ |access-date=11 July 2020 |work=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |date=3 July 2020}} Prime Minister Keith Rowley and the opposition United National Congress concedes defeat.{{cite news |title=Trinidad and Tobago opposition concedes defeat in elections |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trinidadtobago-election-idUSKCN25E2PL |publisher=Reuters |date=August 18, 2020 |access-date=August 18, 2020}}
  • August 12 – An oil spill near Venezuela's Morrocoy National Park threatens Caribbean beaches and local wildlife.{{cite news |title=Oil spill in Venezuela stains treasured Caribbean beaches |url=https://apnews.com/article/environment-wildlife-caracas-venezuela-latin-america-531682ce3666c5db125c6fb8db46b610 |publisher=Associated Press |date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=August 13, 2020}}
  • August 14 – Tropical Storm Josephine dumps 1 to 3 cm of rain in the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.{{cite news |title=Josephine weakens, Kyle no longer a tropical storm |url=https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-puerto-rico-tropical-storms-san-juan-storms-34f4bb830f7fb00f4225eeaf8bff2c98 |publisher=Associated Press |date=August 16, 2020 |access-date=August 16, 2020}}
  • August 15 – Assumption of Mary, Haiti, Venezuela
  • August 16
  • Restoration Day, Dominican Republic: Luis Abinader is sworn in as the new president. U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence and Haiti President Jovenel Moïse attend the ceremony, which is low-key due to the pandemic.{{cite web |title=Pompeo y el nuevo presidente de República Dominicana dialogaron sobre seguridad regional y la situación en Venezuela |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/eeuu/2020/08/17/pompeo-y-el-nuevo-presidente-de-republica-dominicana-dialogaron-sobre-seguridad-regional-y-la-situacion-en-venezuela/ |website=infobae |date=17 August 2020 |access-date=August 19, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • Second round of primary elections in Puerto Rico after ballot mishap.{{cite news |agency=Associated Press|title=Puerto Rico's governor loses primary in chaotic election |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/16/puerto-rico-governor-primary-election-396745 |work=Politico |access-date=August 18, 2020}}
  • August 18 – U.S. customs agents in Florida intercept a Venezuela-bound plane that is loaded with guns and ammunition. The flight plan listed St. Vincent and the Grenadines as its destination.{{cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=Joshua |title=US intercepts Venezuela-bound aircraft loaded with firearms |url=https://apnews.com/article/arrests-smuggling-us-news-florida-latin-america-8ba2ffa3555963bb7509384e1d134f67 |publisher=Associated Press |date=August 18, 2020 |access-date=August 20, 2020}}
  • August 21 – Colombian President Ivan Duque says Venezuela is planning to give its Russian- and Belarus-made missiles to armed groups in Colombia and uy new ones from Iran. Madero says it would be a good idea.{{cite news |title=Maduro says Venezuela buying Iranian missiles 'a good idea' |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-iran-idUSKBN25I0TU |publisher=Reuters |date=August 22, 2020 |access-date=August 24, 2020}}
  • August 22 – The National Hurricane Center reports that Tropical Storm Laura is over the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and it predicts that Hurricane Marco will make landfall in the Yucatán Peninsula in the western Caribbean on August 24.{{cite web |title=Tropical Storms Laura and Marco have formed in the Atlantic Basin |url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/tropical-storm-laura-forms-and-marco-is-soon-to-follow/65-d1812399-8eef-4807-b8f2-d42dbcf1962d |website=wusa9.com |date=21 August 2020 |access-date=August 22, 2020}}
  • August 23 – A ten-year-old girl is killed in Haiti by Hurricane Laura.{{cite web |title=En Haití, primera víctima de 'Laura', que va hacia Cuba; 'Marco' amenaza a EU |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mundo/en-hait%C3%AD-primera-v%C3%ADctima-de-laura-que-va-hacia-cuba-marco-amenaza-a-eu/ar-BB18hgHW |website=www.msn.com |publisher=AFP |access-date=August 23, 2020 |language=es}} 100,000 people are evacuated{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2020/08/23/tropical-storms-marco-laura-expected-to-strengthen-into-hurricanes/|title=Tropical storms Marco, Laura expected to strengthen into hurricanes|first=Jackie|last=Salo|access-date=August 23, 2020|website=New York Post|date=23 August 2020 }} and two are killed in the Dominican Republic.{{cite web |title=La tormenta Laura deja dos muertos en República Dominicana |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/internacional/la-tormenta-laura-deja-dos-muertos-en-rep%C3%BAblica-dominicana/ar-BB18hzgI |website=www.msn.com |access-date=August 23, 2020 |language=es}}
  • August 24 – St. Barthelemy Day
  • August 28 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (ACNUR) reports that three out of four of the 81,000 Nicaraguan refugees in Costa Rica suffers from hunger.{{cite web |title=Tres de cada cuatro refugiados nicaragüenses en Costa Rica pasan hambre |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/news/other/tres-de-cada-cuatro-refugiados-nicarag%C3%BCenses-en-costa-rica-pasan-hambre/ar-BB18sKpS?ocid=msedgdhp |website=www.msn.com |publisher=EFE |access-date=August 28, 2020 |language=es}}
  • August 31 – Independence Day, Trinidad and Tobago (from the United Kingdom, 1962)

=September=

  • September 1 – COVID-19 pandemic: Cuba imposes a curfew and other strict measures to control virus spread.{{cite web |title=Cuba impone toque de queda y fuertes restricciones para frenar el COVID-19 |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mundo/cuba-impone-toque-de-queda-y-fuertes-restricciones-para-frenar-el-covid-19/ar-BB18Blqm?ocid=msedgdhp |website=www.msn.com |publisher=Reuters |access-date=September 2, 2020 |language=es |date=1 September 2020}}
  • September 3
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection decommission $27 million in undeclared cash before it enters the U.S Virgin Islands.{{cite news |last1=Neal |first1=David J. |title=Does $27 million have a smell? That's how this agent found it, U.S. Customs says |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article245442110.html |work=Miami Herald |date=September 3, 2020 |access-date=September 4, 2020}}
  • U.S. Virgin Islands government sues the estate of Jeffrey Epstein and billionaire Glenn Dubin for documents about their financial ties.{{cite web |title=US Virgin Islands wants Jeffrey Epstein-related documents from NY hedge fund billionaire |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-virgin-islands-jeffrey-epstein-related-documents-ny/story?id=72892602&cid=clicksource_4380645_12_comic_strip_sq_hed |publisher=ABC News |access-date=September 9, 2020 |language=en}}
  • September 9
  • ICE confiscates US$500,000 in undeclared money destined for Dominica at the Miami International Airport.{{cite web |title=Miami: confiscan .5 mdd que iba en una silla a Dominicana |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mundo/miami-confiscan-5-mdd-que-iba-en-una-silla-a-dominicana/ar-BB18RQVA?ocid=msedgdhp |website=www.msn.com |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=September 9, 2020}}
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates take #21 out of retirement for a game against the Chicago White Sox at PNC Park. September 9 is celebrated by Major League Baseball (MLB) as "Roberto Clemente Day". Clemente, a Puerto Rico native, died in a plane crash in December 1972 while en route to Nicaragua to deliver disaster relief to victims of an earthquake.{{cite web |last1=Acevedo |first1=Nicole |title=MLB's Pirates will honor Roberto Clemente by wearing his number |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mlb-s-pirates-will-honor-roberto-clemente-wearing-his-number-n1239238 |website=NBC News |date=3 September 2020 |access-date=September 4, 2020 |language=en}}
  • September 12 – Mauricio Claver-Carone becomes the first citizen of the U.S. to lead the Inter-American Development Bank.{{cite news |title=Mauricio Claver es elegido para liderar el BID por 5 años; es el primer presidente de EU |url=https://www.sinembargo.mx/12-09-2020/3858924 |access-date=September 12, 2020 |work=Sinembargo.mx |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Sin Embargo |date=September 12, 2020 |language=es}}
  • September 14 – Our Lady of Coromoto, patroness of Venezuela
  • September 16
  • Barbados Governor General says the country should leave the Commonwealth and become a Republic by November 2021.{{cite news |title=Barbados makes new push to become republic, leave colonial past behind |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-barbados-queen-idUSKBN26716A |date=September 16, 2020 |access-date=September 16, 2020 |publisher=Reuters}}
  • Mexican researchers have identified remains of the ship La Unión as one that was used to carry Maya slaves from Yucatán to Cuba during the Caste War of Yucatán.{{cite news |last=Stevenson |first=Mark |title=Mexico identifies submerged wreck of Mayan slave ship |url=https://apnews.com/article/cuba-slavery-caribbean-havana-latin-america-b3288e313576b99153052a3f3b512d28 |date=September 15, 2020 |access-date=September 17, 2020 |publisher=Associated Press}}
  • Indigenous Misak in Popayán, Cauca Department, Colombia tear down a statue of Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar.{{cite news |title=Indígenas tumbaron la estatua del conquistador español Sebastián de Belalcázar en el suroeste de Colombia |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2020/09/17/indigenas-tumbaron-la-estatua-del-conquistador-espanol-sebastian-de-belalcazar-en-el-suroeste-de-colombia/ |access-date=Sep 17, 2020 |work=infobae |date=September 16, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • September 17
  • Hurricane Maria: Trump releases $13 billion in relief aid to help victims of the 2017 hurricane.{{cite news |title=Trump shifts on Puerto Rico, releases aid as election nears |url=https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-storms-politics-joe-biden-hurricanes-02c9eba973414d44f2f24cc06a2871da |access-date=September 18, 2020 |publisher=Associated Press |last=Fox |first=Ben |date=18 September 2020}}
  • U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo begins a visit to Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, and Brazil.{{cite news |title=Pompeo makes history as first U.S. secretary of state to visit Suriname and Guyana |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article245760395.html |access-date=September 16, 2020 |work=Miami Herald |last=Charles |first=Jacqueline |date=September 16, 2020}}
  • September 18 – The United States and Guyana announce joint sea patrols near the disputed Guyana-Venezuela border.{{cite news |title=U.S., Guyana to launch joint maritime patrols near disputed Venezuela border |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-latam-pompeo-guyana-idUSKBN2692XI |access-date=September 19, 2020 |publisher=Reuters |date=September 18, 2020}}
  • September 19
  • Independence Day, Saint Kitts and Nevis (from the United Kingdom, 1983)
  • Dissident police officers belonging to the group Fantom 509 threaten to "burn the country" if their demands for better pay are not met in Haiti.{{cite news |last1=Mizrah |first1=Darío |title=La temeraria protesta pirómana de policías armados que tiene en vilo a Haití |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2020/09/19/la-temeraria-protesta-piromana-de-policias-armados-que-tiene-en-vilo-a-haiti/ |access-date=Sep 19, 2020 |work=infobae |language=es-ES}}
  • The United States announces $348 million in humanitarian aid for Venezuelans inside and outside the country.{{cite news |title=EE.UU. anuncia ayuda adicional de 348 millones para atender crisis venezolana |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/other/ee-uu-anuncia-ayuda-adicional-de-348-millones-para-atender-crisis-venezolana/ar-BB19dlyq?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=Sep 20, 2020 |work=www.msn.com |agency=EFE |date=September 19, 2020}}
  • September 24
  • Republic Day, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Colombian singer J Balvin is among the seven Latinamericans included in list of one hundred most influential people in the world by Time.{{cite news |title=Time reconoce influencia Latinoamericana |url=https://www.msn.com/es-mx/noticias/mundo/time-reconoce-influencia-latinoamericana/ar-BB19mYxB?ocid=msedgdhp |access-date=Sep 24, 2020 |work=www.msn.com |publisher=24 Horas |date=September 24, 2020}}

=October=

  • October 2—7 – Tropical Storm Gamma: Kills seven, US$100 million in damages.
  • October 5 – Thanksgiving, Saint Lucia
  • October 5—12 – Hurricane Delta: Kills seven, US$4.1 billion in damages.
  • October 10
  • Independence Day (from Spain, 1868) and Liberation Day, Cuba
  • Day of the Maroons, Suriname
  • October 12
  • Columbus Day
  • "Day of Indigenous Resistance", Venezuela
  • "Day of the Race and Hispanicity" and in Discovery Day, Colombia
  • Heroes' Day, the Bahamas
  • October 16 – Heroes' Day, Jamaica
  • October 17 – Jean-Jacques Dessalines Day, Haiti
  • October 19—26 – Hurricane Epsilon in Bermuda.
  • October 20 – Chinese Arrival Day, Suriname
  • October 21
  • Saint Ursula Day, British Virgin Islands
  • 2020 Sint Eustatius Island Council election{{cite web |last1=Eustatius |first1=Sint |title=Information Bulletin of the Public Entity of St. Eustatius- Island Council Election October 21, 2020 - Publication - St. Eustatius |url=https://www.statiagovernment.com/documents/publications/2020/06/15/information-bulletin-of-the-public-entity-of-st.-eustatius--island-council-election-october-21-2020 |website=www.statiagovernment.com |access-date=11 July 2020 |date=15 June 2020}}
  • October 24—29 – Hurricane Zeta: Kills eight, US$3.2 billion in damages.
  • October 25 – Thanksgiving Day, Granada
  • October 27 – Independence Day, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (from the United Kingdom, 1979)

=November=

  • November 1 – Independence Day, Antigua and Barbuda (from the United Kingdom, 1981)
  • October 31—November 13 – Hurricane Eta: Kills 163, 127 missing; US $5.2 billion in damages.
  • November 3
  • 2020 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election: Won by Pedro Pierluisi of the New Progressive Party. The non-binding vote on statehood also won.
  • Independence Day, Dominica (from the United Kingdom, 1978)
  • November 5 – 2020 Vincentian general election{{Cite web|date=2020-10-09|title=Gonsalves breaks trend, calls November election|url=https://www.iwnsvg.com/2020/10/09/gonsalves-breaks-trend-calls-november-election/|access-date=2020-10-11|website=iWitness News|language=en-GB}} Unity Labour Party wins nine of 15 seats.
  • November 11
  • Independence of Cartagena, Colombia
  • St. Martin's Day (celebrated in Saint Martin and Sint Maarten)
  • 2020 Belizean general election{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-10-05|title=Belizeans to vote on 11 November|url=https://today.caricom.org/2020/10/05/belizeans-to-vote-on-11-november/|access-date=2020-10-11|website=CARICOM Today|language=en-US}}
  • November 12 – COVID-19: At least seven people test positive during the first cruise in months.{{cite news |title=Passengers on First Cruise to Return to Caribbean Want Out After 7 People Get COVID |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/passengers-on-seadream-first-cruise-to-return-to-caribbean-want-out-after-5-people-get-covid |access-date=November 13, 2020 |last=Melendez |first=Pilar |work=The Daily Beast |date=November 12, 2020}}
  • November 13 – Tropical Storm Theta
  • November 14 – Deepavali, Hindu holiday; Guyana, Suriname
  • November 16 – Hurricane Iota: Category 5 hurricane is expected to make landfall in Honduras and Nicaragua.{{cite news |last1=Prociv |first1=Kathryn |title=Hurricane Iota nears landfall in Central America as Category 5, humanitarian crisis looms |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/hurricane-iota-nears-landfall-central-america-category-5-humanitarian-crisis-n1247907?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR2PCZrgIvYgNaIs0TqnCLKAvXX8fcb2Zrw-qPyjBRZhz5_V9mIMnQC_BIQ |access-date=November 16, 2020 |work=NBC News |date=November 16, 2020 |language=en}}

=December=

  • December 6 – 2020 Venezuelan parliamentary election: Turnout is 31% as Maduro's government is reelected with 67.6%, the traditional opposition won 17.95%, and dissidents on the left won 3% of the vote.{{cite news |last1=Cano |first1=Arturo |title=En Venezuela el madurismo se declara ganador, pese al elevado abstencionismo - Mundo - La Jornada |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/mundo/2020/12/07/abstencionismo-opaca-fiesta-en-elecciones-venezolanas-5809.html?fbclid=IwAR3Xp7tBpTdDDl-1TiXeN24QN2XIhfUblWmGN4naCh_ck5Cj07KKojI9Jys#.X83FwlBw634.twitter |access-date=December 7, 2020 |work=www.jornada.com.mx |publisher=La Jornada |date=6 December 2020 |language=es}} Eighteen countries in America (including the United States and Canada but excluding Argentina, Bolivia, and Mexico) call the election fraudulent and illegal.{{cite news |title=Mientras México, Argentina y Bolivia callan, 18 países americanos calificaron como fraudulentas e ilegales las elecciones en Venezuela |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/venezuela/2020/12/07/elecciones-parlamentarias-en-venezuela-16-paises-americanos-las-declararon-ilegales/ |access-date=December 7, 2020 |work=infobae |date=December 7, 2020 |language=es-ES}}
  • December 7 – The Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic announce they have found eight bodies and seventeen people are missing from a boat capsizing near Lavacama, La Altagracia Province.{{cite news |last1=Hasbun |first1=Jessica |title=República Dominicana: 8 muertos y 7 desaparecidos tras hundirse embarcación |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/12/07/al-menos-8-muertos-y-7-desaparecidos-tras-hundirse-embarcacion-en-republica-dominicana/ |access-date=December 11, 2020 |work=CNN |publisher=CNN en Espanol |date=8 December 2020 |language=es}}
  • December 18 – The United States Coast Guard and Navy and the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard apprehend seven vessels near Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic with 3,700 pounds of cocaine; 19 arrested in the $60 million seizure.{{cite news |last=Cohn |first=Howard |title=Coast Guard collars seven vessels in Caribbean transporting $64 million in cocaine |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article247947685.html |access-date=December 19, 2020 |work=Miami Herald |date=December 18, 2020}}
  • December 22 – COVID-19 pandemic in the Cayman Islands: Skylar Mack, 18, a student from Loganville, Georgia, and Vanjae Ramgeet, 24, a professional jet ski racer from the Cayman Islands, will have to serve only two months each in a Caymanian prison after being convicted of violating quarantine rules in November.{{cite news |last=Chubb |first=Hannah |title=American Teen Jailed for Cayman Islands Quarantine Breach Has Sentence Reduced from 4 Months to 2 |url=https://people.com/travel/american-teen-and-boyfriends-sentences-reduced-to-2-months-in-cayman-islands-quarantine-breach-case/ |access-date=December 22, 2020 |work=People |date=December 22, 2020}}
  • December 30 – Authorities issue volcanic alerts in Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Mount Pelée became active in early December and La Soufrière on December 29.{{cite news |title=Sleeping volcanoes rumble to life in the eastern Caribbean |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/30/v |access-date=December 31, 2020 |work=aljazeera.com |publisher=Al Jazeera English |language=en}}

Predicted and scheduled events

{{See also|Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics|Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts and cultural heritage}}

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  • November 18 – Battle of Vertières, Haiti
  • November 19 – Discovery or Puerto Rico Day
  • November 26 – Thanksgiving (United States) (U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico)
  • November 30 – Independence Day, Barbados
  • December 5 – Discovery Day, Haiti and Dominican Republic
  • December 8 – Immaculate Conception, Venezuela
  • December 9 – Vere Bird Day, Antigua and Barbuda
  • December 23 – "Afro-Latino Travels With Kim Haas," a TV series honoring Afro-Latinos, premiers on PBS.{{cite news |title=Afro-Latinos in Latin America, Caribbean is the focus of this travel show |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/afro-latinos-latin-america-caribbean-focus-travel-show-n1251748?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR07NbpoAyEWubm7u7tE4QPmkxhvVSbOHLuepFHrcERtKFy-N_dd-OS2oXA |access-date=December 22, 2020 |work=NBC News |date=December 22, 2020 |language=en}}
  • December 25 – Christmas Day
  • December 26 – Boxing Day, British territories
  • TBA – 2020 General elections in Turks and Caicos Islands

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Deaths

=January=

  • January 4 – Puerto Plata, 96, Dominican musician[https://cfscolorado-16520.meaningfulfunerals.net/obituary/jose-cobles Jose "Puerto Plata" Cobles]
  • January 9 – Basil Butcher, 86, West Indian cricket player (1957-1969)[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/basil-butcher-death-cause-age-cricket-batsman-west-indies-caribbean-guyana-barbados-a9257781.html Basil Butcher: Batsman and giant of West Indies cricket] The Independent, 9 January 2020, retrieved 2 March 2020
  • January 10 – Carlos Cuco Rojas, Colombian harpist (b. 1954){{Cite web |url=http://www.elcolombiano.com/cultura/musica/murio-el-arpista-carlos-cuco-rojas-director-de-cimarron-NG12275228 |title=Murió el arpista Carlos "Cuco" Rojas, director de Cimarrón |website=elcolombiano.com |date=10 January 2020 |language=es |access-date=23 January 2020}}
  • January 14 – Bernard Diederich, Haitian journalist, author and historian (b. 1926){{Cite web |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article239300758.html |title=Bernard Diederich, dean of Haitian press who devoted life to telling Haiti's story, dies |website=miamiherald.com |access-date=26 January 2020}}
  • 16 January 16 – Efraín Sánchez, Colombian soccer player (b, 1926){{Cite web |url=https://www.pulzo.com/deportes/muere-bogota-93-anos-edad-efrain-caiman-sanchez-PP829757 |title=Muere a los 93 años 'el Caimán' Sánchez, leyenda del arco de la Selección Colombia |website=pulzo.com |date=16 January 2020 |language=es |access-date=23 January 2020}}
  • January 22
  • Hercules Ayala, 69, Puerto Rican professional wrestler (Stampede Wrestling, NJPW, WWC)[https://www.ringsidenews.com/2020/01/23/hercules-ayala-passes-away-at-69-years-old/ Hercules Ayala Passes Away at 69]
  • Addy Valero, 50, Venezuelan politician, Deputy (since 2016); uterine cancer[https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/fallecio-la-diputada-addy-valero-tras-una-larga-lucha-contra-el-cancer/ Falleció la diputada Addy Valero tras una larga lucha contra el cáncer] {{in lang|es}}
  • January 23 – Sir Frederick Ballantyne, 83, Vincentian cardiologist, Governor-General (2002–2019){{Cite web |url=https://news784.com/local-news/former-g-g-sir-frederick-ballantyne-passes/ |title=Former G G Sir Frederick Ballantyne Passes |access-date=2020-04-27 |archive-date=2020-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126010317/https://news784.com/local-news/former-g-g-sir-frederick-ballantyne-passes/ |url-status=dead }}
  • January 24
  • Georges Castera, 83, Haitian poet and writer (b. 1936){{Cite web |url=https://rezonodwes.com/2020/01/24/le-celebre-poete-haitien-georges-castera-est-mort-a-83-ans/ |title=Le célèbre poète haïtien Georges Castera est mort à 83 ans |website=rezonodwes.com |language=fr |access-date=26 January 2020 |archive-date=24 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124212534/https://rezonodwes.com/2020/01/24/le-celebre-poete-haitien-georges-castera-est-mort-a-83-ans/ |url-status=dead }}
  • Kennedy Isles, 28, Saint Kitts and Nevis footballer; shot[https://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/nat-football-team-player-1st-murder-of-2020/ Nat. Football Team Player 1st Murder of 2020]
  • January 27 – Ramón Avilés, 68, Puerto Rican baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies)[https://www.primerahora.com/deportes/beisbol/notas/fallece-el-exgrandesligas-ramon-aviles/ Fallece el exgrandesligas Ramón Avilés] {{in lang|es}}

=February=

  • February 4 – Kamau Brathwaite, 89, Barbadian poet and academic[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Noted_Barbadian_poet_and_historian_Brathwaite_dies Noted Barbadian poet and historian Brathwaite dies]
  • February 6 – Jhon Jairo Velásquez, 57, Colombian hitman, drug dealer and extortionist (Medellín Cartel); esophageal cancer[https://www.sudinfo.be/id165986/article/2020-02-06/deces-de-jhon-jairo-velasquez-alias-popeye-tueur-gages-le-plus-celebre-de-pablo Décès de Jhon Jairo Velásquez, alias «Popeye», tueur à gages le plus célèbre de Pablo Escobar] {{in lang|fr}}
  • February 7 – Wichie Torres, 67, Puerto Rican painter; cardiovascular disease[https://www.periodicolaperla.com/fallece-el-pintor-ponceno-wichie-torres/ Fallece el pintor ponceño Wichie Torres] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218025255/https://www.periodicolaperla.com/fallece-el-pintor-ponceno-wichie-torres/ |date=2020-02-18 }} {{in lang|es}}
  • February 10 – Efigenio Ameijeiras, 88, Cuban revolutionary and military commander (Bay of Pigs Invasion), sepsis.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
  • February 13 – Darryl Braxton, Trinidadian record producer (Bunji Garlin, KMC)[https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/bunji-kmcs-producer-dies-6.2.1056215.7a363b4235 Bunji, KMC's producer dies]
  • February 15 – Tony Fernández, 57, Dominican baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego Padres, Cleveland Indians); complications from kidney disease and stroke[https://www.lonestarball.com/2020/2/15/21139556/tony-fernandez-died-major-league-baseball-shortstop Tony Fernandez has died at 57]
  • February 26 – Clementina Vélez, 73, Colombian doctor, academic and politician, MP (1990–1991, 1998–2002) and city councillor of Cali (1972–1986, 1992–1997, 2004–2019); heart attack[https://www.elpais.com.co/ultimo-minuto/fallecio-clementina-velez-reconocida-exconcejal-de-cali.html Falleció Clementina Vélez, reconocida exconcejal de Cali] {{in lang|es}}
  • February 27
  • Irvino English, 42, Jamaican soccer player (national team), shot[http://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20200227/jff-shocked-murder-former-national-footballer-irvino-english JFF shocked at murder of former national footballer Irvino English]
  • Juan Diego González, 39, Colombian footballer (Once Caldas, La Equidad, Philadelphia Union)[https://www.phillyvoice.com/philadelphia-union-juan-diago-gonzalzez-killed-colombia-soccer-medellin-river/ Former Philadelphia Union player brutally killed in Colombia, police say] (body discovered on this date)

=March=

  • March 2
  • Rafael Cancel Miranda, 89, Puerto Rican independence leader and convicted attempted murderer (1954 United States Capitol shooting incident).[https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/nota/fallecerafaelcancelmirandaexpresopoliticoyelultimosobrevivientedelataquealcongresoen1954-2550299/ Fallece Rafael Cancel Miranda, ex preso político y el último sobreviviente del ataque al Congreso en 1954] {{in lang|es}}
  • René Coicou, 84, Haitian-born Canadian politician, mayor of Gagnon, Quebec (1973–1985).[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1648924/mort-deces-maire-rene-coicou-ville-gagnon Les anciens de Gagnon en deuil du maire René Coicou] {{in lang|fr}}
  • March 20 Belarmino Correa Yepes, 89, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San José del Guaviare (1999–2006)[https://www.vidanuevadigital.com/2020/03/21/muere-belarmino-correa-yepes-obispo-y-misionero-de-la-amazonia-colombiana/ Muere Belarmino Correa Yepes, obispo y misionero de la Amazonía colombiana] {{in lang|es}}
  • March 23 – Apple Gabriel, 67–68, Jamaican reggae singer (Israel Vibration).[https://www.reggaeville.com/artist-details/apple-gabriel/news/view/rip-apple-gabriel-founding-member-of-israel-vibration/ RIP Apple Gabriel - Founding Member of Israel Vibration]
  • March 24
  • Juan Padrón, 73, Cuban comics artist (Elpidio Valdés) and animator (Vampires in Havana), lung disease.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
  • Jenny Polanco, 61, Dominican fashion designer and beauty pageant winner (Miss World Dominican Republic 1978), COVID-19.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/jenny-polanco-beloved-dominican-fashion-designer-dies-coronavirus-n1168446|title=Jenny Polanco, acclaimed Dominican fashion designer, dies of coronavirus|last=Acevedo|first=Nicole|date=March 25, 2020|publisher=NBC News}}
  • March 27
  • Bob Andy, 75, Jamaican reggae singer (The Paragons, Bob and Marcia), songwriter and actor (The Mighty Quinn).{{Cite web |url=http://www.loopjamaica.com/content/reggae-icon-bob-andy-has-died |title=Reggae icon Bob Andy has died |access-date=2020-03-29 |archive-date=2020-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328130209/http://www.loopjamaica.com/content/reggae-icon-bob-andy-has-died |url-status=dead }}
  • Delroy Washington, 67, British-Jamaican reggae singer.[https://www.reggaeville.com/artist-details/delroy-washington/news/view/rip-delroy-washington/ RIP Delroy Washington]
  • Kalil Haché, 87, Dominican military colonel and cavalry commander, COVID-19.[https://elnacional.com.do/muerte-kalil-hache-enluta-el-deporte-dominicano/ Muerte Kalil Haché enluta el deporte dominicano] {{in lang|es}}
  • March 28 – Pearson Jordan, 69, Barbadian Olympic sprinter (1976); COVID-19[https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1092624/olympian-pearson-jordan-passes-away Olympian Pearson Jordan passes away from COVID-19]
  • March 31 – Sam Clayton Jr., 58, Jamaican bobsledder (national team); COVID-19[https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2886981-jamaican-bobsledder-sam-clayton-jr-dies-at-age-58-because-of-coronavirus Jamaican Bobsledder Sam Clayton Jr. Dies at Age 58 from Coronavirus]

=April=

  • April 3 – Hans Prade, 81, Surinamese diplomat; COVID-19[https://www.waterkant.net/suriname/2020/04/03/oud-voorzitter-rekenkamer-suriname-hans-prade-overleden/?cn-reloaded=1 Oud-voorzitter Rekenkamer Suriname Hans Prade overleden] {{in lang|nl}}
  • April 4 – Kenneth Farnum, 89, Barbadian-born Jamaican Olympic cyclist (1952); COVID-19[https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ken-farnum-olympian-and-folk-hero-dies-at-age-89-of-covid-19/ Ken Farnum, Olympian and folk hero, dies at age 89 of COVID-19]
  • April 6 – Claude Barthélemy, 74, Haitian soccer player (Detroit Cougars, national team)[http://www.hpnhaiti.com/nouvelles/index.php/sport/23-football/7274-haiti-foot-claude-baryhelemy-de-la-generation-1974-est-mort Haiti-Foot: Claude Barthélemy de la génération 1974 est mort] {{in lang|fr}}
  • April 7
  • John Percy Leon Lewis, 77, Guyanese military officer; COVID-19[https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/04/09/news/guyana/col-john-lewis-succumbs-to-covid-19/ Col. John Lewis succumbs to COVID-19]
  • Miguel Ángel Tábet, 78, Venezuelan theologian and exegete, COVID-19.[https://cnve24.com.ve/272407/ Falleció en Roma el padre venezolano de ascendencia libanesa, Miguel Ángel Tábet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412152201/https://cnve24.com.ve/272407/ |date=2020-04-12 }} {{in lang|es}}
  • April 8 – Lois Kelly Miller, 102, Jamaican actress (Meet Joe Black)[http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20200408/actress-lois-kelly-miller-has-died Actress Lois Kelly Miller Has Died]
  • April 10
  • Julio Blanco Alfonso, 82, Cuban soccer player (FC Industriales, national team)[http://www.telerebelde.icrt.cu/el-futbol-cubano-pierde-a-uno-de-sus-mejores-porteros/ El fútbol cubano pierde a uno de sus mejores porteros] {{in lang|es}}
  • Bas Mulder, 88, Dutch-Surinamese priest; COVID-19[https://www.dbsuriname.com/2020/04/11/bas-mulder-een-voorbeeld/ "Bas Mulder", een voorbeeld…] {{in lang|nl}}
  • Iris M. Zavala, 83, Puerto Rican author, independence activist and intellectual; COVID-19[https://www.elnuevodia.com/entretenimiento/cultura/nota/muerelaescritorapuertorriquenairiszavalaporcoronavirusenespana-2560342/ Muere la escritora puertorriqueña Iris Zavala por coronavirus en España] {{in lang|es}}
  • April 12 – Victor Batista Falla, 87, Cuban publisher and editor; COVID-19[https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2020041387924/grand-duchess-maria-teresa-luxembourg-uncle-dead-coronavirus/ Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg's uncle dies from coronavirus]
  • April 13 – Gil Bailey, 84, Jamaican radio broadcaster, COVID-19.[https://www.voanews.com/a/science-health_coronavirus-outbreak_legendary-radio-announcer-dies-covid-19-complications/6187496.html Legendary Radio Announcer Dies from COVID-19 Complications]
  • April 14 – Michael Gilkes, 86, Guyanese writer; COVID-19[http://guyanachronicle.com/2020/04/15/guyanese-playwright-michael-gilkes-dies-from-covid-19-complications-2 Guyanese playwright Michael Gilkes dies from COVID-19 complications]
  • April 15 – Dámaso García, 63, Dominican baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, Montreal Expos) and footballer (national team)[https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29038959/former-blue-jays-2b-damaso-garcia-dies-63 Former Blue Jays 2B Damaso Garcia dies at 63]
  • April 16 – Althea McNish, 95, Trinidadian-British textile designer[https://newsday.co.tt/2020/04/17/designer-althea-mcnish-dies/ Designer Althea McNish dies]
  • April 23 – Rinaldo Entingh, 64, Surinamese soccer player (Robinhood, national team); traffic collision[https://www.dbsuriname.com/2020/04/23/oud-voetballer-entingh-20ste-verkeersdode/ Oud-voetballer Entingh 20ste verkeersdode] {{in lang|nl}}

=May=

  • May 4 – Álvaro Teherán, 54, Colombian basketball player (Baloncesto Málaga, Fort Wayne Fury, KK Olimpija); kidney failure[https://deportes.canalrcn.com/mas-deportes/fallecio-alvaro-teheran-leyenda-del-baloncesto-colombiano-120805 Falleció Álvaro Teherán, leyenda del baloncesto colombiano] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505170707/https://deportes.canalrcn.com/mas-deportes/fallecio-alvaro-teheran-leyenda-del-baloncesto-colombiano-120805 |date=2020-05-05 }} {{in lang|es}}
  • May 5 – Millie Small, 72, Jamaican singer ("My Boy Lollipop"); stroke[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52557332 Millie Small: My Boy Lollipop singer dies aged 72]
  • May 6 – Michael Gordon, Jamaican photojournalist (Jamaica Observer)[http://www.loopjamaica.com/content/award-winning-photographer-michael-gordon-has-died Award-winning photographer Michael Gordon has died]
  • May 7 – Emile Wijntuin, 95, Surinamese politician, Chairman of the Staten (1973–1975) and of the National Assembly (1975–1980)[https://www.srherald.com/suriname/2020/05/07/oud-parlementsvoorzitter-emile-wijntuin-overleden/ Oud-parlementsvoorzitter Emile Wijntuin overleden] {{in lang|nl}}
  • May 21
  • Bobby Digital, 59, Jamaican reggae and dancehall producer[https://www.dancehallmag.com/2020/05/22/news/dancehall-mourns-the-death-of-legendary-producer-bobby-digital-at-59.html Dancehall Mourns The Death Of Legendary Producer Bobby Digital At 59]
  • Roberto Moya, 55, Cuban athlete, Olympic bronze medallist (1992)[https://www.cibercuba.com/noticias/2020-05-22-u200807-e200807-s27061-muere-espana-estelar-discobolo-cubano-roberto-moya Muere en España el estelar discóbolo cubano Roberto Moya] {{in lang|es}}

=June=

  • June 5 – Anthony T. Bryan, Barbadian publisher (Barbados Advocate) and media executive.[http://www.loopnewsbarbados.com/content/barbados-advocate-owner-sir-anthony-bryan-has-died Barbados Advocate owner, Sir Anthony Bryan has died]
  • June 10 – Rosita Fornés, 97, Cuban American singer who starred in several movies during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema; emphysema{{cite web |title=Muere Rosita Fornés la vedette cubana |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/muere-rosita-fornes-la-vedette-cubana |website=www.eluniversal.com.mx |access-date=June 10, 2020}}
  • June 18
  • Hux Brown, 75, Jamaican guitarist (Toots and the Maytals).[https://sflcn.com/classic-jamaican-guitarist-lynford-hux-brown-dies-suddenly/ Classic Jamaican Guitarist Lynford "Hux" Brown Dies Suddenly]
  • Jules Sedney, 97, Surinamese economist and politician, Prime Minister (1969–1973) and Governor of the Central Bank of Suriname (1980–1983).[http://dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2020/06/18/oud-premier-jules-sedney-overleden/ Oud-premier Jules Sedney overleden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619204558/http://dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2020/06/18/oud-premier-jules-sedney-overleden/ |date=2020-06-19 }} {{in lang|nl}}
  • Antonio Veciana, 91, Cuban spy (CIA, Alpha 66).[http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/cia-trained-former-cuban-spy-antonio-veciana-dies-in-miami/article/573491 CIA-trained former Cuban spy Antonio Veciana dies in Miami]
  • June 20 – William Millerson, 67, Aruban-born Curaçaoan karateka and politician, chairman of the Estates of Curaçao (2017–2020).[https://paradisefm.cw/voormalig-statenvoorzitter-millerson-overleden/ Voormalig Statenvoorzitter Millerson overleden] {{in lang|nl}}
  • June 23
  • Margarita Pracatan, 89, Cuban singer.{{cite web |title=Cuban singer Margarita Pracatan dies at 89 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53164140 |website=BBC News |access-date=June 25, 2020 |date=24 June 2020}}
  • Luis R. Varela, 82, Cuban-born American Puerto Rican sportswriter (Associated Press); complications from intestinal surgery.[https://www.news4jax.com/news/world/2020/06/25/luis-varela-former-ap-sports-correspondent-dies-at-82/ Luis Varela, former AP sports correspondent, dies at 82]

=July=

  • July 1 – Everton Weekes, 95, Barbadian cricketer (West Indies, national team).{{Cite web |url=https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/246443/cricket-legend-sir-everton-passes |title=Cricket legend Sir Everton passes |access-date=2020-07-08 |archive-date=2020-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701184946/https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/246443/cricket-legend-sir-everton-passes |url-status=dead }}
  • July 3 – Earl Cameron, 102, Bermudian-born British actor (Doctor Who, Pool of London, The Interpreter).{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Jonathan |title=1st Earl of the silver screen {{!}} The Royal Gazette:Bermuda News |url=http://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20200704/1st-earl-of-silver-screen |website=The Royal Gazette |access-date=July 5, 2020}}
  • July 4 – James Lee Wah, 89, Trinidadian theater promoter and educator.{{cite web |title=Theatre icon James Lee Wah dies |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2020/07/05/theatre-icon-james-lee-wah-dies/ |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |access-date=July 5, 2020 |date=5 July 2020}}
  • July 14
  • Hernán Alemán, 65, Venezuelan opposition politician; COVID-19.{{cite web |title=Muere diputado venezolano exiliado en Colombia que padecía covid-19 |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/07/07/muere-diputado-venezolano-exiliado-en-colombia-que-padecia-covid-19/ |website=CNN |access-date=July 16, 2020 |date=8 July 2020|language=es}}
  • Noël Martin, 60, Jamaican-born British assisted suicide activist and neo-Nazi victim.[https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/24-jahre-nach-dem-anschlag-in-mahlow-neonazi-opfer-noel-martin-gestorben/19935010.html Neonazi-Opfer Noël Martin gestorben] {{in lang|de}}
  • July 16
  • Tony Taylor, 84, Cuban baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers); complications from a stroke.[https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/philadelphia-phillies-tony-taylor-died-1964-second-base-20200716.html Phillies fan-favorite, defensive whiz Tony Taylor, 84, dies]
  • Víctor Víctor, 71, Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist; COVID-19.[https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/4327105/0/muere-por-coronavirus-el-popular-cantautor-dominicano-victor-victor/ Muere por coronavirus el popular cantautor dominicano Víctor Víctor] {{in lang|es}}
  • July 18 – Martha Flores, 91, Cuban radio host, journalist and singer (Cuban-American lobby); pancreatic cancer.[https://www.wlrn.org/post/martha-flores-cuban-radio-pioneer-dies-92 Martha Flores, Cuban Radio Pioneer, Dies At 92]
  • July 21 – Dobby Dobson, 78, Jamaican reggae singer and record producer; COVID-19.[http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20200721/beloved-jamaican-singer-dobby-dobson-dies-78 Beloved Jamaican Singer Dobby Dobson Dies At 78]
  • July 25 – Paulette Wilson, 64, Jamaican-British human rights activist.[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53521408 Paulette Wilson: Windrush campaigner who faced deportation dies aged 64]
  • July 31 – Eusebio Leal, 77, Cuban historian (Old Havana).[http://www.acn.cu/cuba/68180-fallecio-eusebio-leal-este-viernes Falleció Eusebio Leal este viernes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801113926/http://www.acn.cu/cuba/68180-fallecio-eusebio-leal-este-viernes |date=2020-08-01 }} {{in lang|es}}

=August=

  • August 5 – Blanca Rodríguez, 94, Venezuelan socialite, First Lady of Venezuela (1974–1979, 1989–1993); respiratory failure.[https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/fallecio-la-exprimera-dama-blanca-rodriguez-de-perez/ Falleció la exprimera dama Blanca Rodríguez de Pérez] {{in lang|es}}
  • August 7 – Ángela Salazar, 66, Colombian women's rights activist, COVID-19.[https://www.eltiempo.com/justicia/servicios/fallece-angela-salazar-comisionada-de-la-comision-de-la-verdad-526856 Murió Ángela Salazar, una de las 11 comisionadas de la Verdad] {{in lang|es}}
  • August 11 – Édouard de Lépine, 88, Martinican historian and politician, Mayor of Le Robert (1989–1995).[https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/martinique/ancien-maire-du-robert-edouard-delepine-est-decede-860790.html L'ancien maire du Robert Edouard de Lépine est décédé] {{in lang|fr}}
  • August 13 – Darío Vivas, 70, Venezuelan politician, head of government of the Capital District (since 2020), COVID-19.{{cite web|title=Falleció Darío Vivas, víctima del covid-19|url=https://www.panorama.com.ve/politicayeconomia/Fallecio-Dario-Vivas-victima-del-covid-19-20200813-0057.html|date=August 13, 2020|access-date=August 13, 2020|language=es|archive-date=August 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822135154/https://www.panorama.com.ve/politicayeconomia/Fallecio-Dario-Vivas-victima-del-covid-19-20200813-0057.html|url-status=dead}}
  • August 18 – Soeki Irodikromo, 75, Surinamese painter.[https://www.waterkant.net/suriname/2020/08/19/kunstenaar-soeki-irodikromo-overleden/ Kunstenaar Soeki Irodikromo overleden] {{in lang|nl}}
  • August 31 – {{ill|Daddy Boastin'|sv}}, 61, Saint Vincent-born Swedish rapper; cancer.[https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/daddy-boastin-dod Daddy Boastin' är död] {{in lang|sv}}

=September=

  • September 15 – Sheldon Gomes, 69, Trinidadian cricketer (North Trinidad, East Trinidad, national team).{{Cite web |url=https://www.looptt.com/content/former-tt-star-sheldon-gomes-passes |title=Former T&T star Sheldon Gomes passes on |access-date=2020-11-10 |archive-date=2020-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926145246/https://www.looptt.com/content/former-tt-star-sheldon-gomes-passes |url-status=dead }}

=October=

  • October 19 – Walter Bardgett, 88, Bermudan Olympic swimmer (1948, 1956).[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/45533 Walter Bardgett]

=November=

  • November 24 – Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo, 77, Cuban vice admiral, Minister of the Interior (since 2017).[http://www.granma.cu/cuba/2020-11-24/fallecio-el-vicealmirante-julio-cesar-gandarilla-bermejo Falleció el Vicealmirante Julio Cesar Gandarilla Bermejo] {{in lang|es}}
  • November 28 – Clifton Bertrand, 84, Trinidadian Olympic sprinter (1960, 1964).[https://trinidadexpress.com/sports/local/olympian-bertrand-passes-at-84/article_f3da6cf4-32a1-11eb-813b-fb224dd2393a.html Olympian Bertrand passes at 84]

=December=

  • December 2 – {{ill|Adriano Miguel Tejada|nl}}, 72, Dominican lawyer, journalist and historian; pancreatitis.[https://diariolibre.com/actualidad/fallece-don-adriano-miguel-tejada-LE23059057 Fallece don Adriano Miguel Tejada] {{in lang|es}}
  • December 19 – {{ill|Vinicio Franco|es}}, 87, Dominican merengue singer-songwriter; COVID-19.[https://www.diariolibre.com/revista/fallece-de-covid-19-vinicio-franco-legendaria-voz-de-la-musica-dominicana-BF23400607 Fallece de COVID-19 Vinicio Franco, legendaria voz de la música dominicana] {{in lang|es}}

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