The Association of Cuban Residents "Martyrs of Barbados" and the Association of Friendship Barbados-Cuba held in conjunction with the Cuban Embassy the Mother's Day celebration, for which chose recreation on the beach, fraternizing for several hours of a very splendid day in the Barbadian west coast.
The celebration of the Mother's Day summoned a part of the Cuban community resident in Ghana, who together with the members of the Cuban State Mission reaffirmed that “Cubanism” is an element of unity when the respect is present.
The Cuban Ambassador, Mr. Pedro L. Despaigne González received the visit of the President of the Prison Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Stephen Wengam, who was accompanied by other members of that Council.
From May 2 to 6, Industry Minister, Donville Inniss, along with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC), Sonja Trotman, lead a team comprising Government and private sector officials on a political-commercial mission to Cuba.
The Caribbean Arts Festival (Carifesta) returns to Barbados in 2017. In order to renew the presence of the House of the Americas in this Caribbean country, the institution of the Comanche David Comissiong, president of the Movement Clement Payne of Barbados, who was received by the poet and essayist Roberto Fernandez Retamar, president of the House.