The Reality Reports

Caribbean Passport Power Rankings Tell A Clear Story: For ten years running, Barbados has claimed the top spot among Caribbean nations for passport strength.  The island nation ranks 20th globally in the 2025 Henley Passport Index, which measures how many countries citizens can visit without obtaining a visa beforehand.  This achievement puts Barbados ahead of all its Caribbean neighbors, including Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Dominican Republic.

The Danish West Indies: A Colonial Past The islands now known as the U.S. Virgin Islands—St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix—were once called the Danish West Indies. Denmark controlled these islands for over 250 years, beginning in the late 1600s.  The islands’ economy was built on sugarcane plantations and the labor of enslaved Africans.  When slavery was abolished in 1848, the islands’ economy began to decline, making them less valuable to Denmark.

Discoveries That Changed History: On April 8, 1820, farmers on the Greek island of Melos uncovered something that would forever change our understanding of ancient art.  While digging in their fields, they found the Venus de Milo statue. This armless marble masterpiece, believed to be the goddess Aphrodite, now stands in the Louvre Museum in Paris.  The statue shows how skilled ancient Greek sculptors were at capturing human beauty.

President Donald Trump recently suggested that his administration might impose new tariffs on Canadian goods entering the United States.  This potential policy shift has raised questions about the future of trade relations between the two neighboring countries.