Opposition Leader receives delegations from Cuba and the Caribbean attending the program for the 40th Anniversary of the Barbados Crime´s commemoration.
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.
Premiere of Cuban films in Barbados as part of the 40th Anniversary of the terrorist attack.
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.
US blockade effects against Cuban people to be denounced as part of state terrorism.
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.
Barbadian press highlights the commemoration of the Barbados crime´s 40th anniversary.
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.
Barbadian Chancellor calls for lifting the US blockade against Cuba.
The daily Barbados Today echoed the speech by Foreign Minister Maxine McClean at the 71st General Assembly of the UN, who in addressing the challenges faced by small island states, particularly the Caribbean islands, called for the total lifting of the blockade imposed by USA to force Cuba for several decades.