Barbadians and Cubans celebrate Father's Day.
As it is usually happening during years, members of the Association of Cuban Residents "Martyrs of Barbados" joined with friends of the Movement of Solidarity with Cuba (MSC) to celebrate together at the headquarters of the Cuban Embassy on Father's Day, the third Sunday in June, in a joyous activity that served to fraternize in a family, including children.
Cuban sports coaches returned to Barbados
The National Sports Council (CND) of Barbados approved the extension of existing cooperation agreement with the Cuban company Cubadeportes S.A., which made it possible for a first group of Cuban coaches returned to the country to assist in various sports disciplines. Sports trainers Angel Manuel Marín (Field Hockey), Mijail Santos (Cycling), Felipe Álvarez (Boxing) and Julio Alberto Madrazo (Volleyball), were met at the airport by Cuban Ambassador, Francisco Fernandez, accompanied by Mona Alleyne and Marcia Trotman, NSC´s representatives.
Chancellor Maxine McClean chaired the Barbados delegation to the VII ACS Summit in Cuba.
The Honorable Senator Maxine McClean, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados, led the delegation of her country to the Seventh Summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), which was also composed of the Permanent Secretary, Cecile Humphrey, the Ambassador to CARICOM, Robert Morris, and the officer Unit Caribbean - CARICOM, Corey Archer, who in turn had an active participation in the discussion of the documents during the Senior Officials Meeting, held on June 2nd.
Barbadian friends and ICAP delegation laid a wreath to the victims of terrorism.
Representatives of the Movement of Solidarity with Cuba accompanied the delegation ICAP visiting Barbados to lay a wreath at the monument erected in Payne Bay to victims of terrorist sabotage perpetrated on Barbadian shores on October 6, 1976 by the counterrevolutionary Cuban American mafia trained by the CIA.
ICAP delegation visiting Barbados appreciates solidarity and support for Cuba
Clement Payne Cultural Centre hosted the political-cultural event that the Movement of Solidarity with Cuba chose to honor the delegation of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) composed by his First Vice President Elio Gamez and the Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Robert Hamilton, becoming a summary of the fruitful visit to Barbados between 26 and 30 May 2016.