The content originally appeared on: CNN The former British colony - which gained independence in 1966 - revived its plan to become a republic last September with the country's governor general, Sandra Mason, saying, 'the time has come to fully leave our colonial past behind.' Mason, a 73-year-old former jurist, will be sworn in as the first-ever president of the island nation of just under 300,000 at a ceremony late on Monday night. The Barbadian parliament elected Mason last month. […]
