Deputy Minister of Public Health Tania Cruz today welcomed the first group of the medical brigade that had been working in Jamaica, following that country’s unilateral decision to terminate its cooperation agreement with Cuba.
“Welcome home!” exclaimed the official, “and you return having honourably fulfilled your mission. We welcome you as an example of humanity and solidarity,” she emphasised.
Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba reports that, on March 4, the Foreign Ministry of Jamaica communicated to our Embassy in that country the unilateral decision of its government to terminate the health cooperation agreement that has linked both nations for decades.
With this action, the government of Jamaica yields to the pressures of the government of the United States, which is not concerned about the health needs of the Caribbean brothers.
Kingston, 5 March 2026. Former Jamaican Prime Minister and great friend of Cuba, the Most Honourable PJ Patterson, received the Ambassador of Cuba to Jamaica, Tania López Larroque, at the headquarters of the Institute for the Promotion of Africa and the Caribbean at the University of the West Indies (UWI).
On 25 February 2026, a group of 10 Cuban-born citizens residing in the United States entered Cuban territorial waters north of Villa Clara province in a speedboat registered in the United States.
Yesterday, our authorities reported an attempted infiltration for terrorist purposes involving 10 individuals aboard a vessel registered in the State of Florida, United States.