From conference rooms in Ghana to expected clashes at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Antigua, former St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says the Caribbean reparation movement is preparing for what could become its most coordinated international campaign yet.

As momentum grows across the Caribbean reparations movement, Saint Lucia’s youth are preparing to take a leading role in discussions on historical justice and the legacy of African enslavement through a planned National Youth Parliament initiative.

Every now-and-then, one feels very good about something – and that’s exactly how I felt on Thursday evening (May 7, 2026), while following a youth debate on Reparations in the St. Kitts and Nevis (SKN) national parliament.

It is “inconceivable” that reparatory justice from Britain for the transatlantic trade of enslaved Africans will not be “front and centre” of the next Commonwealth leaders’ meeting, the former prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines has said.