 In the Caribbean countries, the death penalty exists at least "de jure", except in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which abolished it in 1969 and 1987, respectively.The last execution in the Caribbean, and the last in the Americas outside the United States, was in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2008.In Central and South America, the death penalty exists in Belize and Guyana, though it has not been used in years.