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Dominica
was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized
by Europeans, due chiefly to the fierce resistance
of the native Caribs. France ceded possession
to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island
a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence,
Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and
tyrannical administration was replaced by that
of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime
minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office
for 15 years. Some 3,000 Caribs Indians still
living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian
population remaining in the eastern Caribbean
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