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	Antigua & Barbuda - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Antigua & Barbuda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Antigua and Barbuda was made an associated state of the UK and given full internal independence in 1967, with Britain retaining responsibility for defence and foreign affairs.
		In the 1971 general election, the Progressive Labour Movement (PLM) won a decisive victory, and its leader, George Walter, replaced Vere Bird, leader of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP), as prime minister.
		In the 1989 general election Bird and the ALP again won a sweeping victory, but in 1990 his government was tarnished by allegations that one of his sons, a cabinet minister, was involved in illegal arms deals.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Antigua+&+Barbuda (659 words)

	Labour Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Unity Labour Party
		Senegal – defunct: Labour Party of Sine Saloum
		Defunct: Belfast Labour Party, Northern Ireland Labour Party, Scottish Labour Party
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Labour_Party (199 words)

	A short history of Antigua and Barbuda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Antigua is first inhabited by the Siboney whose settlements date at least to 2400 BC.
		After Spanish and French attempts to settle on the island, England establishes in 1632 the colony of Antigua, which is from 1671 to 1816 and from 1833 to 1960 part the Leeward Islands.
		This is followed by internal self-government when Antigua becomes a part of the British West Indies in 1958.
	www.electionworld.org /history/antigua.htm (220 words)

	Caribbean Net News: Antigua Labour Party needs new and young leadership, says former press secretary
		Bird's Antigua Labour Party (ALP) suffered a humiliating defeat when the party lost 12-4 to the three-party coalition under the heading United Progressive Party (UPP) led by Trade Unionist W. Baldwin Spencer.
		Speaking from his office in the Cayman Islands, the veteran Caribbean journalist said that Bird should turn over the party to younger blood, as the country is awash with dynamic and well educated individuals who can also make a great contribution to nation building.
		In addressing the issue of respect for Bird as a former Prime Minister and leader of the party, Thomas disagreed with that line of thinking.
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /2005/02/03/party.shtml (582 words)

	Antigua and Barbuda
		Opposition parties had greater opportunities to express their views through a radio station that started operations in 2001; however, the radio station owners continued to report efforts by the Government to limit their access to the public.
		Antigua and Barbuda was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as a participant.
		The Governor General appoints the senators in proportion to the parties' representation in Parliament and with the advice of the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18316.htm (4302 words)

	IPI - International Press Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Antigua and Barbuda is one of the Caribbean's most prosperous nations, but a succession of scandals, including allegations of corruption, money laundering and gunrunning have recently plagued the country.
		Antigua's print media, including daily and weekly newspapers, offer a wide range of opinion and are generally free to criticise the government, although the leading daily, the privately-owned Daily Observer, which is also part of the Observer Group, was the subject of increasing harassment.
		Vere Bird, who founded the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) in 1946, was the country's prime minister from independence in 1981 until he was succeeded by his son, Lester Bryant Bird, in 1994.
	www.freemedia.at /wpfr/Americas/antigua.htm (1926 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Country profiles \| Country profile: Antigua and Barbuda
		For decades Antigua and Barbuda's politics was dominated by the Bird family, with Vere Bird being the country's prime minister from independence in 1981 until 1994, when he was succeeded by his son, Lester, who spent a decade in office.
		Antigua and Barbuda, once described by the US as a centre for money laundering, was recognised by an international task force in 2001 as being "fully cooperative" in the fight against the activity.
		Many of Antigua and Barbuda's TV and radio stations are owned or controlled by the Antigua Labour Party and the Bird family.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1191111.stm (491 words)

	Caribbean Net News: Antigua Labour Party to be revamped says Bird
		JOHN'S, Antigua: The political leader of the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) Lester Bird has announced that the revamping of the organization that held the reigns of government in the twin-island unitary state for some 28 years, until a convincing 12-4 defeat by the coalition United Progressive Party (UPP) on March 23 last year.
		Bird noted that the party's constitution needs to be amended, adding, "There are aspects of it which needs to tightened up and to revamp the Labour Party and in a sense modernize it, concentrating on the constituency branches as the core."
		One senior ALP member, told Caribbean Net News that two other Ministers in the former ALP administration were on the verge of quitting as a result of Michael's conduct.
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /2005/01/01/labour.shtml (591 words)

	Antigua and Barbuda History - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
		The Antigua sugar industry was severely jolted in the 1930s, as the dramatic decline in the price of sugar that resulted from the Great Depression coincided with a severe drought that badly damaged the island's sugar crop.
		Antigua was internally independent, but its foreign affairs and defense still were controlled by Britain.
		During the period of associated statehood (1967-81), Antigua saw the rise of a second labor union and its affiliated political party and the beginnings of a secessionist movement in Barbuda, as well as the replacement of sugar by tourism as the dominant force in the economy.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/antigua_and_barbuda/antigua_and_barbuda_history_index.html (1054 words)

	Antigua, democracy and Haiti - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Last Thursday, the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) was voted out of office by the people of Antigua and Barbuda after 28 years in government.
		The victory of the United Progressive Party (UPP) in that context, was a triumph of not only democracy as a concept, but of the process by which it works.
		What the Antigua opposition did instead was to engage their country's partners in the Caribbean Community to help guarantee the legitimacy of the institutions of democracy.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /editorial/html/20040328T020000-0500_57770_OBS_ANTIGUA__DEMOCRACY_AND_HAITI.asp (507 words)

	Antigua - Political Parties
		The Siboney were the first to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but were replaced by the Arawak and Carib Indians by the time Columbus landed on his second voyage in 1493.
		Antigua and Barbuda became independent from the United Kingdom in 1981.
		The party was in power from 1946 until 1971 and from 1976 until 2004).
	www.caribbeannews.com /antigua_political_parties.html (298 words)

	Antigua and Barbuda Human Rights Practices, 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Title: Antigua and Barbuda Human Rights Practices, 1995 Author: U.S. Department of State Date: March 1996 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Antigua and Barbuda, a small two-island state, is a parliamentary democracy and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		In general elections held in March 1994, the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) led by Lester B. Bird retained power by capturing 10 of 17 parliamentary seats, down from the 15 it held under the administration of V. Bird, the current Prime Minister's father.
		The Ministry of Labour, which is required by law to conduct periodic inspections of workplaces, has responsibility for enforcement.
	www.usemb.se /human/human95/antiguab.htm (1872 words)

	antigua (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Not too long after, it was settled by human rubbish from Europe, who used enslaved by noble and exalted human beings from Africa...to satisfy their desire for wealth and power, to feel better about their own miserable existence, so that they could be less lonely and empty- a European disease" (80-81).
		Jamaica Kincaid was born in 1949 as Elaine Potter Richardson on the island of Antigua.
		In Antigua, she completed her secondary education under the British system due to Antigua's status as a British colony until 1967.
	homepage.mac.com /davidisfound/antigua3.htm (707 words)

	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1999 - Antigua and Barbuda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Antigua and Barbuda is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		The Governor General appoints the 15 senators in proportion to the parties' representation in Parliament and with the advice of the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition.
		The March report of the Commonwealth observer group that monitored the general elections noted that the governing ALP party received the greatest share of political coverage by the government-controlled electronic media.
	www.usemb.se /human/human1999/antiguab.html (3104 words)

	The High Commission of Antigua and Barbuda. Tourism, travel, business, politics, finance and investments.
		The ALP leader said he and his team are satisfied with the work they have done within the last five years and is confident that the electorate will return the ALP to office come election day.
		Antigua Labour Party Chairman Vere Bird Jr, has condemned a public declaration by Baldwin Spencer that his Party, the UPP, “might have to physically take these guys (the government) out of office”.
		Antigua is really a magnificent island and has gained a tremendous amount of attention in terms of the people waiting to come.
	www.antigua-barbuda.com /news_archive/newsletter85.asp (5580 words)

	VERE BIRD
		Former Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Vere Cornwall Bird, who died here on Monday evening, was a member of an elite group of militant trade unionists who blazed a trail through colonial times up to or near political independence of the Caribbean countries.
		Bird was among the early organizers of labour in colonial Antigua and Barbuda of the 1930s and 1940s.
		Out of the split, the Antigua Workers Union was formed and later the Progressive Labour Movement (PLM), and Bird was forced to resign as president of the ATLU on the grounds that he could not hold that post and still be premier.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /Biography\bio_VereBird_Cbbean_trailblazer.html (859 words)

	Antigua Labour Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Antigua Labour Party is the ruling political party in (A country in the northern Leeward Islands) Antigua and Barbuda.
		It is led by (Click link for more info and facts about Lester Bird) Lester Bird, who was chairman of the party since 1971, and became Prime Minister and leader in 1994.
		The party lost the 24 march 2004 elections.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/an/antigua_labour_party.htm (91 words)

	Freedom in the World 1998-99: Antigua and Barbuda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Antigua and Barbuda is a member of the British Commonwealth.
		Antigua and Barbuda has been dominated by the Bird family and the Antigua Labour Party (ALP) for decades.
		The balloting system did not guarantee a secret vote, the ruling party dominated the broadcast media and excluded the opposition, the voter registration system was deficient, and the voter registry was inflated by as much as 30 percent with names of people who had died or left the country.
	www.freedomhouse.org /survey99/country/antigua.html (736 words)

	BBC Caribbean
		Speaking to BBC Caribbean Service ahead of the election, he acknowledged that after so many years of Antigua Labour Party rule, the Antiguan people might be looking for a change.
		I am saying that it's because they don't want to associate with a grass roots party which is the oldest indigenous institution in Antigua and Barbuda, the Antigua Labour Party and the Antigua Trades and Labour Union, and that's all I am saying.
		I am saying that rather than come back to their roots and try to transform it, they opt to go the other way with people who are the descendents of plantocrats and that is what I'm saying.
	www.bbc.co.uk /caribbean/news/story/2004/03/printable/040319_antigua-birdelection.shtml (1709 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		Antigua was later settled by the pastoral, agricultural Arawaks (35-1100 AD), who were then displaced by the Caribs, an aggressive people who ranged all over the Caribbean.
		In 1967, with Barbuda and the tiny island of Redonda as dependencies, Antigua became an associated state of the Commonwealth, and in 1981 it gained independence as a unitary state, despite a strong campaign for separate independence by the inhabitants of Barbuda.
		Antigua and Barbuda is also a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) which is in the process of establishing a single market and economy.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019233966230 (1760 words)

	The Nassau Guardian - Opinions
		Parties must have their accounts audited within six months of an election and must give access, to its records and audited accounts, to any officer of the Commission authorized in wiiting, to enable an examination of them.
		The campaigns of both parties were said to be vigorous with the opposition accusing the incumbents of corruption, nepotism, victimization, malfeasance and arrogance.
		One positive aspect of the election is that the parties nominated women for the first time, two by the opposition and one by the governing party, although the latter was selected to oppose the Leader of the Opposition' There were six independent candidates.
	www.thenassauguardian.com /Opinions/304851145175148.php (1731 words)

	VERE CORNWALL BIRD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Bird led his country to independence from Britain in 1981 and still is revered by many as a saviour, despite the many scandals that have tainted the family name and left the country hundreds of millions of dollars in debt.
		A defining moment in the history of the two-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda is a legendary - some say apocryphal - speech by Bird under a tamarind tree near the village of Bethesda in January 1951, when Antigua was still a British colony and Bird was a labour leader.
		As an offshoot, he formed the Antigua Labour Party, and he later led the colonial government and the nation to independence in 1981.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /Biography/bio_VereC_BirdSnr.html (611 words)

	Tuesday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Baldwin Spencer is new Antigua PM ST JOHN’S, Antigua: Longtime opposition leader Baldwin Spencer was sworn in as Prime Minister yesterday after a decisive victory in elections that ended the half-century dominance of a family political dynasty in Antigua and Barbuda.
		Spencer, a 55-year-old labour activist, took the oath of office at the governor general’s residence before hundreds of supporters and politicians.
		Bird’s party had campaigned on a record of four percent growth in an economy based on sagging tourism and an offshore banking industry that critics say is corrupt.
	www.newsday.co.tt /stories.php?article_id=15249 (603 words)

	Antigua and Barbuda
		Opposition parties complained that they received limited coverage or opportunity to express their views on the government-controlled electronic media; however, in April an independent radio station began to broadcast.
		The 1999 report of the Commonwealth observer group that monitored the general elections noted that the governing ALP party received the greatest share of political coverage by the government-controlled electronic media.
		In the 1999 elections, the ALP retained power by winning 12 of 17 parliamentary seats, 2 more than it had won in the previous elections in 1994.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/wha/8274.htm (3812 words)

	Freedom in the World 2001 - 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Antigua and Barbuda is a member of the Commonwealth.
		In 1998, Antigua and Barbuda’s offshore industry, serviced by some 50 loosely regulated banks, was rocked by public disclosure of what the U.S. Customs Service called the biggest non-narcotics money-laundering racket it had ever uncovered.
		The ALP won 12 of the 17 parliamentary seats; the UPP, 4; and the Barbuda People’s Movement retained its single seat.
	www.freedomhouse.org /research/freeworld/2002/countryratings/antigua.htm (659 words)

	BBC Caribbean
		Lawyers representing the main opposition party in the Antigua and Barbuda will be going to court on Friday to try and convince a judge that the names of some people should not be on the voters list for the general elections on March 23.
		The United Progressive Party is challenging the Electoral Commission's decision to include the names of more than a thousand people who were registered between December 15 and 31 on the electoral register.
		But opposition spokesman Dean Jonas told the BBC that the party held back the launching of the manifesto until they felt it was the right time.
	www.bbc.co.uk /caribbean/news/story/2004/03/040316_antigua-bird.shtml (371 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - New day in Antigua - Thursday \| March 25, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The ALP became the majority party in 1951 beginning a long history of electoral victories before being voted out of office in 1971.
		Antigua has parallels with Jamaica's political development in that V.C. Bird, now deceased, came to prominence as a result of the development of Antigua's labour movement in the 1940s.
		Lester Bird's reputation was hurt by allegations of bribery, misuse of funds in the national health insurance plan and a 13-year-old girl's charges of improper behaviour and drug use.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040325/cleisure/cleisure1.html (405 words)

	The History of Antigua and Barbuda
		In 1943 Vere Bird formed the Antigua Labour Party and won the first of a long series of electorial votes.
		Antigua was administered as part of the Leeward islands in 1959, and attained associated status with full internal self-government.
		In 1967 Antigua became a member of the West Indian Association of States and gained control of internal affairs.
	www.angelfire.com /sk/caribvibes/history.html (252 words)

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