CARICOM intensifies calls for reparations as King of England visits the region

Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, Sir Hilary Beckles, has appealed directly to King Charles III to use his position to advance reparatory justice, as the monarch visits the Caribbean ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Antigua and Barbuda next week.His appeal comes amid renewed calls for Britain to address the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade and colonial rule, including the social and economic inequalities that, reparations advocates argue, continue to affect Caribbean societies.