Contemporary History - Bahamas

The Contemporary History of Bahamas

In this paper we are going to review the contemporary history of Bahamas , analyze its relationship with the USA , talk about the problematic issues that appear nowadays and analyze its successful areas . The first part of the paper is devoted to the Bahamian - USA political , social and economical relations . Than there is review of changes of the economical situation on Bahamian islands through the 20th century , and the next part is telling about the contemporary political leaders that shaped the history of this country during the last

century The next part is devoted to the greatest successes the country experienced , and the last part deals with the problematic issues the Bahamian officials meet

1 . It 's true that Bahamas has a comparatively small population , and its economy is still developing nowadays . Regardless of that , it plays an important role in the political life of its region . The strongest political and economical ties were developed by The Commonwealth of The Bahamas with the United States . From the moment this country had became independent in 1973 , it had followed closely with the U .S interests , but in some years the country continued its international integration , and sometimes the position of its leaders was different from those of the USA . The author of the article about the Bahamas foreign relations says that .Bahamas opposed the 1983 United States-Caribbean intervention in Grenada , labeling it a "premature overreaction " and declared that there should be no intervention in the affairs of other states '1 However , in the late eighties the USA and Bahamas had numerous agreements signed , which dealt with the social issues , taxation defense , investment , aviation etc . The USA also had their air and naval forces in Bahamas

Illegal flow of drugs , illegal immigration and money laundering has always been an issue of concern for both the Bahamas and USA . In the 1980 a program to prevent drug flow from the islands to the U .S territory was developed . In 1986 a United States Anti-Drug Abuse Act was signed , which covered the creation of the joint United States Coast Guard-Bahamas drug interdiction docking facility and the United States-Bahamas Drug Interdiction Force

In spite of all the agreements signed and measures taken the American officials still questioned the Prime Minister 's Pindling commitment to solving this problem . It led to the strain in the USA-Bahamian relations in 1987 , when the Bahamas temporarily deprived the USA ambassador of his airport parking privileges . Illegal migration has also always been one of the issues that required cooperation between the Bahamas and the U .S The flow of the illegal migrants is enormous , and , only a part of them sees the Bahamas as the ultimate purpose . Others use the islands as a transition point on their voyage to the USA

One of the problematic issues in Bahamian-U .S political relations is Bahamian policy concerning Cuba . American government strongly disapproves of the Cuban political regime , while the Bahamas have relatively strong social , economical and cultural...