Antigua and Barbuda

There is no sure definition for small states however, it was noted by Commonwealth Secretariat that it is “one with a population of 1.5 million or fewer.” Besides population, small states also face similar challenges that have led them to be defined as “small states” as stated in the Commonwealth, “decline in global trade, limited capacity to harness growth opportunities, dependent of outsourced imports, problematic governance capacities, vulnerability to external shocks and natural disasters, high

illegal in all but four grandfathered states (Nevada, Oregon, Montana and Delaware). At the time, only Nevada had true single-team sports wagering. With the advent of the Internet a year or two later, legal online betting began in 1994, when Antigua and Barbuda passed a law that allowed licenses for opening online casinos. By 1997, more than 200 websites, based outside the U.S.,

The Formation of Hurricanes Hurricanes begin as tropical storms over the warm moist waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans near the equator. (Near the Philippines and the China Sea, hurricanes are called typhoons.) As the moisture evaporates it rises until enormous amounts of heated moist air are twisted high in the atmosphere. The winds begin to circle counterclockwise north of the equator or clockwise south of the equator. The relatively peaceful center of the hurricane

The Dominican Republic is a developing country in the early expanding stage of their demographic transition. This means their Crude Birth Rate (CBR) is constant, their Crude Death Rate (CDR) is decreasing exponentially, and their Rate of Natural Increase (RNI) is growing. All of these values correspond to the number of births per 1000, number of deaths per 1000, and population growth or the (CBR – CDR), is greater than zero indicating growth of population annually, respectively. These values of the

Since the World War II, the creation of regional economic blocs has become an essential political remedy that gathers countries and nations rather than divide. Essentially, the creation of the economic regional blocs aims to minimize the obstacles between nations that share the same geographic border and to facilitate the circulations of goods and services. In fact, the regional trading blocs differ in terms of political structure and economic objectives, but the rapidity of trading goods and services

| Guyana | Bhutan | Equatorial Guinea | Montenegro | Cape Verde | Luxembourg | Malta | Brunei | Maldives | Belize | Bahamas, The | Iceland | Barbados | Grenada | Micronesia, Federated States of | Kiribati | Antigua and Barbuda | Andorra | Dominica | Marshall Islands | Liechtenstein | Monaco | Population Descriptive Statistics: Column1 | | | Mean | 39786098,5 | Standard Error | 14001122,25 | Median | 6508271 | Mode | #YOK | Standard Deviation

In 2015, the United States Supreme Court legalized same sex marriage in all 50 states. Prior to their decision, same-sex marriage was already legal in 37 states and Washington DC, but was banned in the remaining 13. US public opinion had shifted significantly over the years, from 27% approval of gay marriage in 1996 to 60% in 2015. Same-sex marriage became legal (nationwide or in some parts) in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France (although married same-sex couples

language used for purposes of international communications, and international politics , business communications, and academic communities. English is an official language or is predominantly spoken in the following countries : in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia (Australian English), the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Belize (Belizean Kriol), the British Indian Ocean Territory, the British Virgin Islands, Canada (Canadian English), the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands,

Sex trafficking is the exploitation of women and children, within national or across international borders, for the purposes of forced sex work. Modern day trafficking is a type of slavery that involves the transport or trade of people for the purpose of work.Human trafficking impacts people of all backgrounds, and people are trafficked for a variety of purposes. Men are often trafficked into hard labor jobs, while children are trafficked into labor positions in textile, agriculture and fishing industries

Each Caribbean country is diverse and has its own natural resources and industries. These industries include bauxite/alumina, agricultural-processing, light manufacturing, rum, cement, metal, paper, chemical products, telecommunications, etc. Though energy and manufacturing account for large percentages of GDP in individual countries, tourism is by far the most prevalent industry (The World Factbook, n.d.). According to the CIA’s World Factbook, tourism is top industry in at least 17 of the 26 countries