... Jamaica, St Christopher and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. Observer states in the region are: Netherlands Antilles, and the US Virgin Islands. Leadership: ... authority for that island. History: Christopher Columbus landed on the main island and named it Santa María de la Antigua in 1493, but the first permanent European settlement on the island, in 1632, ... British Virgin Islands 1 284 Cayman Islands 1 345 Chile 56 Colombia 57 Costa Rica 506 Cuba 53 Dominica 1 767 Dominican Republic 1 809 Ecuador 593 El Salvador 503 Falkland Islands 500 French...