THE BAHAMAS, December 21th, 2015.- Cuba and The Bahamas reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen bilateral relations by signing a collaboration agreement on health. Dr. Herbert H. Brown, Director of the Public Hospitals Authority and Dr. Julio Castañer, Vice President of Business and Marketing for Cuban Medical Services signed the agreement which will allow the arrival of a Cuban medical brigade.
THE BAHAMAS, December 11th, 2015. - Yesterday, the Cuban Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Ismara Walter M. Vargas, held a meeting with the Bahamian High Commissioner to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Picewell A. Forbes, also a member of Parliament.
During the meeting, both parties discussed various topics of interest as well as the immediate objectives of work within this framework. Likewise, High Commissioner Forbes highlighted the closed ties between Cuba and CARICOM, and the role of The Bahamas in the aforementioned regional organization.
THE BAHAMAS, December 10, 2015.- Yesterday the Ambassador of Cuba in The Bahamas, Ismara Walter M. Vargas was received in the parliament by the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis, leader of the Free National Movement (FNM), the main opposition party in the Bahamas.
During the meeting, both sides talked about the relations between the two governments and Parties, as well as various issues of bilateral interest. The Ambassador took this opportunity TO reiterate the invitation extended to the leader of the opposition to visit Cuba.
NASSAU, October 14th, 2015. On Tuesday, October 13th, it was officially inaugurated in The Bahamas, the Second Cuban Cultural Week, which will take place until Friday, October 16th.
The second edition of the Second Cuban Cultural Week has been organized by the Cuban Embassy in this capital and the School of Liberal Arts of the College of The Bahamas (COB), which is the main venue of this event.
Nassau, July 14th, 2015. Today arrived to Habana The Hon. Hope Strachan, Minister of Financial Services of The Bahamas, with the objective of fulfilling an invitation of her Cuban counterpart Minister Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz.
The member of the Bahamian parliament, also heads a delegation that will attend the Cuba-Caribbean Business Forum, taking place in Santiago de Cuba on July 15th-17th.