Performers are seen at the presidential inauguration ceremony to mark the birth of a new republic in Barbados, in the capital city of Bridgetown, Barbados, on November 29, 2021...

FILE PHOTO: A beach in Speightstown, Barbados © AP Photo/Kavitha Surana, File The tiny Caribbean island of Barbados has extended its diplomatic outreach to the virtual world, having signed an agreement with a blockchain-based platform to establish a digital embassy in a first for sovereign nations...