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Three new scholarships for Barbadian youth to study medicine in Cuba

Three barbadian young girls, Cliff-Ann Roach, Sally Sade Lewis and Jodie Kerri-Ann Best, successfully completed the selection process and traveled to Cuba to join the new school year at the Latin American School and Caribbean Medicine (ELAM). Submitted to the Consulate by the Director of the Unit for Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Dr.

Jamaica welcomes new Cuban collaborators in Education

KINGSTON, JAMAICA, August 29th, 2016.- During this Monday afternoon, August 29th,  a new group of 21 Cuban teachers arrived in this capital to be part of the Educational Brigade in this sister nation.

Rafael Muñiz Guillén, Coordinator of the Educational Brigade in Jamaica, and Mabel Rodriguez Morera, in charge of Collaboration Office at the Embassy of Cuba, were present during the warm welcoming, as well as officials from the Ministry of Education of Jamaica.

Press Release “Continued policy of the US embargo against Cuba still in force.”

New York, 29 August 2016.The economic, commercial and financial Embargo against Cuba remains in force. The restrictions imposed by this policy continue to be applied.

In spite of the measures adopted by President Barack Obama since December 17th, 2014 and his repeated calls on Congress to lift the blockade, the main laws and regulations supporting the Embargo against Cuba, continue to be in force and are being applied rigorously by U.S. government agencies, especially by the Departments of the Treasury and Commerce, and in particular by OFAC.

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