We, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community and the Republic of Cuba, meeting in St. Mary’s, Antigua and Barbuda, on 8 December 2017, on the occasion of the Sixth CARICOM-Cuba Summit and in commemoration of the forty-fifth anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations among the independent states of CARICOM and Cuba and the fifteenth anniversary of CARICOM-Cuba Day.
The efforts and political will of the Cuban state to continue to provide free and universal education to the people are laudable, above all given the limitations it faces as a result of the economic, commercial and financial blockade unilaterally imposed by the United States on the island for over five decades.
Hangzhou, 22 September 2025. — From 22 to 25 September, Engineer Lázaro Márquez Llauger, Vice President of the Cuban MAB Committee and Director of the Guanahacabibes National Park, represents the Republic of Cuba at the 5th UNESCO World Congress of Biosphere Reserves. The congress, which brings together more than 2,000 experts, scientists, managers and government representatives, is being held in Hangzhou, China, with the aim of shaping the future of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
