Talk:History of Antigua and Barbuda

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From the original article: "The Antigua Trades and Labor Union, formed shortly afterward, became the political vehicle for Vere Cornwall Bird who became the union's president in 1943. The Antigua Labour Party (ALP), formed by Bird and other trade unionists, first ran candidates in the 1946 elections and became the majority party in 1951 beginning a long history of electoral victories."

How can you have a 'labor' union in a country with an 'Antigua Labour Party'? Care must be taken to prevent americanisms from invading the articles where british spelling is called for (and of course vice-versa).

[edit] Preceramic inhabitants

"Siboney" is a term specific to the preceramic people that inhabited western Cuba at the time of European contact. This is not a general term for preceramic inhabitants of the Caribbean. There is no conclusive evidence as to the origins of the preceramic inhabitants of the Lesser Antilles - it's generally thought that they migrated up from Trinidad/Venezuela; the fact that there are few early sites in the Windwards is taken by some as evidence that the northern Lesser Antilles were settled from the Greater Antilles, but this is not in any way conclusive evidence, and it certainly isn't enough to call these people "Siboney". Guettarda 14:43, 27 January 2006 (UTC)