Barbados, October 7. At the culmination of the second day's discussions, delegates from the 8 countries attending the First Caribbean Conference on Peace adopted the Bridgetown Declaration and a concise plan of immediate action to address the imminent challenges and dangers to world peace and stability in the region in the short and medium term.
Barbados, October 6. The various existing peace organizations in the Caribbean and other progressive organizations such as the International Network in Defense of Humanity - Caribbean Chapter (NIDOH-C) and anti-imperialist personalities from eight nations of the subregion met in Bridgetown convened by the World Council peace.
Barbadian chancellor Maxine McClean and Cuban Ambassador Francisco Fernández presided over the commemoration of the 41st Anniversary of the Crime of Barbados in which the 73 people on board were killed in the attack on Cubana de Aviación by terrorist groups based in the territory from the USA This occasion was special due to the presence not only of the sporting workers working on the island, but also of the delegates from 8 countries attending the First Caribbean Conference for Peace, among which was the companion Silvio Platero, president of MovPaz and coordinator regional level of the Wo
The Cuban Ambassador, Dr Francisco Fernández, payed a courtesy call to Professor V Eudine Barriteau, Vice Chancellor and Principal of UWI Cave Hill Campus to discuss several relevant topics related to the cooperation framework between this Campus and the University of Havana, like the outcomes of the Working Group recently created together to deal with cooperation matters; the possibility of signing a MOU with the University of Havana; the proposal for the creation of a Honorific Chair of Studies on José Martí – Fidel Castro; and the invitation to attend the International Congress Universit
Cuba was represented by International Masters Karla Fernandez and Abel Fabián González in the Central American and Caribbean U-20 Chess´s Championship hosted in Barbados. In the 6-day tournament, whose champions were the Barbadian Orlando Husbands (male) and the Trinidadian Gabriela Johnson (female), the Cuban athlete Karla won the second place, half a point from the first, being the only one to defeated the champion in their bilateral fight.