On the occasion of Latin American Medicine Day, the institutions of the Cuban Solidarity Movement in Barbados convened an event at the Clement Payne Cultural Center, in Bridgetown, to honor the representatives of the Henry Reeve Medical Contingent who currently provide services in Barbados in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At the event, the Member of Parliament and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Barbados for reparations for slavery, the Honorable Trevor Prescod, a prominent Barbadian pan-Africanist, the Ambassador of Barbados to CARICOM, David Comissiong, the Charge d´Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Ambassador Álvaro Sánchez Cordero, the Ambassador of Cuba, Sergio Jorge Pastrana and the Head of the Mission of the Henry Reeve Medical Brigade in Barbados, Dr. Daymarelis Ortega, adressed the participants.
The attendees were also entertained by a group of young talents who won the Richard Stoute national competition in Barbados, an event that has been held continuously since 1976.
During the celebration, the nominations of the Henry Reeve Medical Brigade for the Nobel Peace Prize were announced by both, the Ambassador of Barbados to CARICOM and President of the Clement Payne Movement, David Comissiong, as well as the one presented by the Secretary of the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration , David Denny. Ambassador Comissiong took the opportuniny to announce forthcoming presentation of other nominations from Barbados.
