Jamaica suffers the planet's second-highest murder rate, and St Kitts and Nevis ranks third.

ECONOMIST: Caribbean crime-fighting

Persistent tensions over Anguilla's political status came to a head in 1967 when Britain created a self-governing entity which encompassed Anguilla and the islands of St Kitts and Nevis to the south.

BBC: Anguilla profile

Kitts and Nevis Information Service, Basseterre, St.

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Anguilla broke away from St Kitts and Nevis and became a British overseas territory in 1980.

BBC: Anguilla profile