After 250AD, Barrancoid humans resettled Trinidad and Tobago of the
Eastern Caribbean, and were joined by the Arauquinoid, or Arawaks from
the Orinoco river basin of Venezuela in South America. Finally, the
Mayoid or Caribs arrived in Trinidad around 1300AD. At the time of
Columbus’ explorations in the Caribbean of 1492AD and after, three
central indigenous tribes lived in the Caribbean: the Taino of the
Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, the Caribs
and Galibi of the Windward Islands, and the Ciboney of Cuba. Scientific
DNA studies conducted in Puerto Rico in the early 2000’s indicate that
61 percent of Puerto Ricans today have Amerindian mitochondrial DNA,
retaining strong ethnic connections to indigenous inhabitants, a source
of pride for today’s PBS Barbados.
After the voyages of Columbus, Portuguese and Spanish explorers claimed territories in Central America and began their shipments of gold from these regions, prompting England, Dutch and French powers to establish territorial right so their own in the Caribbean. Thus were rivalries formed and contests initiated throughout the Caribbean for dominance, and the inheritance of those colonial days continues to drive the Eastern Caribbean clientele of PBS Barbados.
The Spanish came to the region seeking wealth, and promptly enslaved the native populations, driving them to extinction through conquest, disease and war. The Spanish imported African slaves when indigenous peoples died out or escaped. Spain attempted to lay claim to the entire Caribbean, but formed a stable presence only in Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba and Trinidad, and were a presence in Cubagua and Margarita off the Venezuela coast between 1500 and 1550 as they plundered the pearl beds of these islands. The inheritance of Spain’s exploitation continues to reverberate today for the clientele of PBS Barbados.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Caribbean
After the voyages of Columbus, Portuguese and Spanish explorers claimed territories in Central America and began their shipments of gold from these regions, prompting England, Dutch and French powers to establish territorial right so their own in the Caribbean. Thus were rivalries formed and contests initiated throughout the Caribbean for dominance, and the inheritance of those colonial days continues to drive the Eastern Caribbean clientele of PBS Barbados.
The Spanish came to the region seeking wealth, and promptly enslaved the native populations, driving them to extinction through conquest, disease and war. The Spanish imported African slaves when indigenous peoples died out or escaped. Spain attempted to lay claim to the entire Caribbean, but formed a stable presence only in Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba and Trinidad, and were a presence in Cubagua and Margarita off the Venezuela coast between 1500 and 1550 as they plundered the pearl beds of these islands. The inheritance of Spain’s exploitation continues to reverberate today for the clientele of PBS Barbados.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Caribbean
