Bahamas Voters Oust Government After 16% Drop in Economic Output

Voters in the Bahamas ousted Prime Minister Hubert Minnis in a snap election on Thursday as the economy struggles to recover from its deepest crash since at least 1971.

Minnis conceded and congratulated his rival Philip Brave Davis, according to a resignation letter published in local newspaper the Nassau Guardian. In his victory speech, Davis said the population is “yearning for renewal.”