With the conviction that the Homeland is one and that wherever we are we will be part of it, several topics of great interest were debated this weekend in a meeting with a representation of the Cuban community residing in St. Kitts, Ambassador David Rivero and Ivón Tomé, Counselor in charge of consular affairs in this Federation.
As usual, every year the Embassy of Cuba in St. Kitts and Nevis organizes a meeting with the young people of this Federation who benefitted from the Scholarship program that the Cuban government grants as part of the cooperation agreements between Cuba and CARICOM member countries. On this occasion, four medical doctors who graduated in Cuba will soon begin a new period of studies on the island. They will study the medical specialties of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Gastroenterology and Radiology, starting in February.
Two new health cooperators from #Cuba arrived in St Kitts this weekend to join the Medical Brigade that has been providing its services in this Federation for more than two decades. With these new additions there are 16 professionals who, with a humanistic vocation and unwavering commitment, continue to give life to this sister Caribbean nation.
For the fourth time, Cuba is presenting a report to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights Council. The national report that we are presenting today is the result of a broad and participatory process of consultations with government institutions and organizations of our civil society. Of the 226 recommendations accepted during the former Universal Periodic Review, 215 -that is, 95 per cent- have been implemented. We are making progress in the implementation of the other 11.
“Beyond borders and blockade: Cuba's influence in the Caribbean” was the imposed foots for members of the Cuban Alumni Association, together with Cuban diplomats in Saint Kitts and Nevis, who addressed the issue of the blockade imposed on the largest island of the Antilles, from another perspective. The condemnation of the blockade and the unwavering position of the people and government of Saint Kitts and Nevis against this policy, was expressed by the speakers who participated, among whom the Prime Minister of the Federation, Honorable Dr. Terrance Drew, and the president of the Cuban Alumni Association, Hollis Prentice.