St. Kitts da Nevis sun sami 'yancin kai daga Burtaniya a 1983. Ita ce kuma sabuwar ƙasa mai cin gashin kanta a cikin Amurka. A watan Agusta 1998, jefa ƙuri'a a Nevis kan kuri'ar raba gardama daga St. Kitts bai kai kashi biyu bisa uku ba. A ƙarshen Satumba 1998, Guguwar Georges ta haifar da kusan $ 458,000,000 a cikin lalacewar GDP da dukiya da ƙarancin ci gaban GDP na shekara da bayan. Georges ita ce guguwa mafi muni da ta shafi yankin a cikin karni na ashirin. Tambaya: Yaushe aka gudanar da zaben?
Agusta 1998