Dr. Miriam Nicado García, Rector of the University of Havana and Dr. Antonio Romero Gómez, President of the “Norman Girvan” Caribbean Chair of the University of Havana, were part of the Cuban delegation that attended the Caribbean Academic Forum: “Contributions to the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Moving Towards Caring Societies”, held at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus in Barbados (UWI), on March 25 and 26 of this year.
Heads of Government of the countries of the Caribbean Community met in Barbados from 19-21 February 2025 for the 48th Regular Meeting of CARICOM. Under the theme ‘Strength in Unity: Building Caribbean Resilience, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development’, the Heads of Government discussed a number of pressing issues for the Caribbean Community, including: food and nutrition security; climate change and the climate finance agenda; current challenges in Haiti; security issues; digital resilience; foreign affairs and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
The Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Barbados hosted yesterday afternoon, January 25, the commemoration of the 172nd anniversary of the birth of our Apostle, José Martí. We were accompanied in this evening by a representation of the membership of the Association of Cuban Residents “Martyrs of Barbados”, friends of solidarity, the Pan-Africanist Movement and members of the State Mission. All together we paid tribute to a man of universal thought and very advanced for his time, our José Martí.