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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: Why Isn’t the West Indies a Single Country? (Encore)
Description: If you have ever looked at a map of the Caribbean, you might have noticed that the tiny islands in the Lesser Antilles consist of a whole bunch of tiny, independent countries. All of these countries became independent around the same time and got their independence from the same country: Great Britain.Given their common history and location, why are they a bunch of separate tiny countries rather than one larger one? Learn more about the West Indies and their modern history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.Sp...