In a prestigious international panel of discussion held in Barbados as part of the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Cuban airliner in October 1976, it was released in recent days a worldwide campaign to have the UN declare on October 6 as the International Day against Terrorism. It was comprised of Dr.
The Honourable Mia Mottley, President of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, received at its headquarters to international delegations attending the program activities commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Crime of Barbados. It was accompanied by MPs of his party, Edmund Hinkson and Trevor Prescod.
As part of the activities commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the Cubana airliner off the coast of Barbados in October 1976, the social organizations of Barbados in coordination with the Embassy of Cuba, especially invited two members of the Cuban delegation to do the Premiere of two important pieces of Cuban cinema.
During a panel discussion broadcast on local television to publicize the program commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Crime of Barbados, several panelists emphasized that the blockade and terrorism are parts of the same policy against the Cuban Revolution and refused to stay in time, when many world leaders say the era of the Cold War is gone.
The three national newspapers and Barbadian television highlighted different facets of the program of activities presented by the Cuban Ambassador and progressive social organizations that sponsor it, first in a press conference and later during a panel discussion at Sunday´ stellar program "People's Business, CBC.