Talk:Caribbean

Remove Lucayan Archipelago

The Lucayan Archipelago comprising The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands should definitely not be including in this article on the Caribbean. The Lucayan Archipelago is located in the Atlantic Ocean and not the Caribbean Sea. To include the Lucayan Archipelago in this article merely perpetuates a common geographic misunderstanding. While the Lucayan Archipelago has much in common with the Caribbean including membership in CARICOM, it is geographically separate. This article should clearly state that the Lucayan Archipelago is not a part of the Caribbean, but that the Lucayan Archipelago and the Caribbean comprise the more extensive West Indies. Yours aye,  Buaidh  talk contribs 18:30, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Area of the Carribean??

In this article, the headline area of the Carribean is given as approximately 2.7 million km2. However, the total land area of the constituent countries/territories is given as approximately 236,000 km2. Encyclopedia Brittanica gives the total land area as approximately 234,000km2 - which largely agrees with the figure stated in the Wikipedia article. What is the explanation for the disparity in the headline number of 2.7million km2? Is that correct is the surrounding ocean is included? If so, should the figure then make clear that it is not land area, but the total area of the region including ocean? Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.147.82.34 (talk) 13:23, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

Geography and geology

This section is quite short and actually does not contain any information on the geologic origins of the islands. I would like to expand this section, including information on the GAARlandia hypothesis and implications for biogeography. See: Iturralde-Vinent, M., & MacPhee, R. D. (1999). Paleogeography of the Caribbean region: implications for Cenozoic biogeography.

this Caribbean island geology section could include a link to the geology section of the Caribbean Sea wiki page.

Lindsaeaceae (talk) 18:36, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Caribbean for deletion

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Deletion? Empty is now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by La Geno (talk • contribs) 11:04, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

@La Geno: This message is from a year ago. The portal was kept. Guettarda (talk) 12:26, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Clearly an attempt to merge Caribbean articles into "North America" it seems. If that's the case it should get up-merged to Americas. CaribDigita (talk) 17:40, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 August 2020

2403:6200:8813:4837:9BC:7B1F:9B2F:8291 (talk) 11:47, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Victor Schmidt (talk) 11:48, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Belize is missing from the country list

I tried to add it but wasn’t able to. The country of Belize is missing from the country list but included in the map and the page itself. Keithbarneslife (talk) 17:39, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Should this article not discuss the plan by Jamaica and Barbados to remove the queen as head of state?

The situation in Barbados, for example

The government of Barbados announced on 15 September 2020 that it intends to become a republic by 30 November 2021, the 55th anniversary of its independence. If the plan is achieved (with a two-thirds majority vote in both houses of Parliament), "Leave the monarchy? In Barbados, that's just the first step on a long path to healing". Retrieved 18 March 2021. "Leave the monarchy? In Barbados, that's just the first step on a long path to healing". Retrieved 18 March 2021. the Queen will be replaced by the country's own elected official as head of state. Barbados would then cease to be a Commonwealth realm, but will maintain membership in the Commonwealth of Nations. Team, Caribbean Lifestyle Editorial (2020-09-15). "Barbados to become an Independent Republic in 2021". Caribbean Culture and Lifestyle. Retrieved 2020-09-15. Speare-Cole, Rebecca (2020-09-16). "Barbados to remove Queen as head of state by November 2021". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2020-09-16. One news report stated that Guyana, as well as Trinidad and Tobago, already had such a relationship with the UK: a "loose association of former British colonies and current dependencies". "Barbados to remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state". Retrieved 18 March 2021.

Peter K Burian (talk) 13:13, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

I'd say no. The article is about the Caribbean region as a whole, not the politics of individual nations. BilCat (talk) 15:03, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Only if we have sources which talk about the transition away from traditional monarchs in a Caribbean wide context. If its just individual pieces about the individual states I would say no. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 15:08, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

West Indies vs Caribbean

Aren't the West Indies and Caribbean the same? 70.27.33.117 (talk) 01:12, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

No.

The West Indies includes countries in mainland South America that are not considered part of the Caribbean. Also, West Indies often means British West Indies, as opposed to the French or Dutch West Indies. One could argue that they all make up the West Indies, I would argue the term West Indies is confusing blakdogg (talk) 06:07, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Highest Point

Assuming that "The Caribbean" is a generally accepted term for an area with an accepted definition, it seems like Pico Duarte should be in the infobox as its highest point, and Lake Enriquillo the lowest as well as the largest lake. 96.240.128.124 (talk) 04:14, 14 October 2021 (UTC)

Removing Status from the tasble

Could we remove status from the 'Countries and Territories' table, it is unclear what is meant by status, it is not relevant to the citizens of these countries nor most visitors. Can we replace with something more useful, e.g., language? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blakdogg (talk • contribs) 06:15, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Lucuyan Archipelago confusion in lead?

From the lead: Island arcs delineate the eastern and northern edges of the Caribbean Sea: the Greater Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago on the north and the Lesser Antilles on the south and east (which includes the Leeward Antilles). They form the West Indies with the nearby Lucayan Archipelago (the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands), which are considered to be part of the Caribbean despite not bordering the Caribbean Sea. doesn't seem to make sense. The "They" at start of 2nd sentence refers to the island arcs, which include Lucuyan Archipelago, and then it's "nearby". Could someone please clarify? Thanks. PamD 04:52, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Definition of Caribbean a

The Caribbean is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands and the surrounding coasts. Colomhe Caribbean is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands and the surrounding coasts. Colombia has a caribbean region that 12 million people live in. This includes not to only coats but actual islands in the Caribbean that people live in, such as san Andres. The map must react that Caribbean people exist beyond the antilles. Enlightened105747 (talk) 20:09, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

The first sentence is copied from the lead section of the article. Magnatyrannus (talk | contribs) 20:11, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

im simply re-stating a fact. what type of response is that? wikipedia should report accurate information. this page is currently not doing that Enlightened105747 (talk) 20:25, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Why is is this page not showing the Caribbean as a whole? why is it showing a map that doesn't accuratley depict all Caribbean people? Enlightened105747 (talk) 20:26, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia follows sources, not your personal beliefs about what the facts may or may not be. Which specific reliable sources support the changes you would like to make? - MrOllie (talk) 20:27, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

@Oshwah:, can you help out here? You made some recent edits, so may be familiar with the article. and it's scope. Thanks. BilCat (talk) 23:33, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

BilCat - Unfortunately, my familiarity with this article isn't as impressive as you think, and it might leave you with much to be desired. However, what I can do is explain my recent edits. I was partolling through logs, edits, recent changes, etc as I usually do (yup, you know me... lol), and I ran into this edit, which removes a bunch of good and useful content. However, by the time that I saw this edit, many other editors had only not noticed the removal, but had already started manually adding missing pieces of it back (Ouch...). And so began the task of manually merging the edits and improvements made since the removal and with the restored content that was removed, and many edits and comparing of diffs later, we are where we are today. That's about it. I didn't research anything or write any content; I simply merged what I believe was a fork of contributions caused by unexplained content removal that didn't seem to follow a discussion. :-) If I can be of any further assistance (even though I really wasn't much of any at all... lol), do let me know and I'll be happy to help wherever I can. :-) Cheers - ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 23:44, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

The reliable sources are within the article itself, which is why I copy and pasted a passage from it in my comment. Ill paste again here: The Caribbean (/ˌkærɪˈbiːən, kəˈrɪbiən/, locally /ˈkærɪbiæn/) (Spanish: El Caribe; French: la Caraïbe; Haitian Creole: Karayib; Dutch: De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts. The region is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland, east of Central America, and north of South America. I don't understand why The region is southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and the North American mainland, east of Central America, and north of South America are not being included in the map or in the Caribbean people page. Enlightened105747 (talk) 02:56, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

A completely irrelevant history section

Any reason why the history section glosses over colonialism, the transatlantic slave trade and the independence/revolutions era to have a 3 paragraph section on cuban military aid to africa? What does that have to do with Caribbean history? US interventions in the region are more relevant but it could be moved to the politics section. Does someone want to argue against moving or deleting this section? 77.100.65.9 (talk) 21:05, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

I have changed this now -- 77.100.65.9 Eastern box turtle in Florida (talk) 19:03, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Is America a part of the Caribbean

Jskekekeks 199.127.198.76 (talk) 17:48, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

No Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a (talk) 16:44, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Coastal Areas of Guatemala

Guatemala should be added as a country in the Caribbean. A part of Guatemala’s coast is in The Bay of Honduras which is in the Caribbean. 138.5.8.95 (talk) 15:23, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Caribbean location

Caribbean is located in both north America and Latin America and the Caribbean in un m49 Asgharpoorarian (talk) 15:52, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

The British referred to their islands as "The Caribbean and North Atlantic". They never said anything about "North America" as Canada was the "British North American Act". The "British North America Act" does not reference the Caribbean. It was an entirely different set of laws for another area. CaribDigita (talk) 21:19, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

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