The World - News from May 30, 1986

Barbados’ Democratic Labor Party swept into power, taking 24 of 27 constituencies in an election in which Prime Minister Bernard St. John and 11 of his Cabinet ministers lost their assembly seats. The new prime minister, Errol Barrow, criticized what he called subservience to the United States by the incumbent Barbados Labor Party. Barbados was a participant in the U.S.-led Grenada invasion in 1983. However, political observers say the new government is unlikely to antagonize Washington because the island’s economy is dependent on tourism, its currency is pegged to the U.S. dollar and its electorate is considered the most conservative in the Caribbean.