Barbados is commemorating the 1976 terrorist attack.
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
Barbadian and Cuban universities to strengthen the bilateral cooperation framework.
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 wins second place in regional chess tournament in Barbados.
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.
Cuba is in a WTO training course in Barbados.
Two Cuban officials from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Yanet Leon Lao and Julio Cabada Ferrera, participated in the XXI Regional Trade Policy Course for the Caribbean organized by the World Trade Organization (WTO) for two months in Barbados, in partnership with the Shridath Ramphal Center for International Trade, Law, Policy and Services (SRC).
Barbadian doctor chooses to do her specialty in Cuba.
As part of the ongoing cooperation between the government of Cuba and the member states of CARICOM, in particular as regards the health program and the granting of free undergraduate and postgraduate fellowships, the Barbadian doctor Erika Dionne Jordan chose to do her specialty In General Surgery free of charge, a benefit that Cuba guarantees free of charge exclusively for the professionals of the sister nations of the Caribbean. Due to the impossibility of certifying her studies or obtaining employment in the public health system of her country, Dr. Erika had to reside in St.