Cuba in Guyana

Informative Note from the Cuban Embassy to Guyana

After knowing that Cuban citizens who travel in a regular manner abroad for personal reasons and all their documentation in order, they have concentrated on the border of Surinam with Guyana with the aim of entering into this country in an irregular way in their tour to the United States; we have held exchanges with different local authorities.

Statement to the Media by Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra Díaz about the celebration of the Seventh CARICOM-Cuba Summit

The Seventh Summit of Heads of State and Government of the CARICOM-Cuba mechanism will be held on December 8 this year. This is an important forum whose efforts are focused on the strengthening of relations between the Caribbean Community and Cuba and finding solutions to the most pressing problems affecting the region, such as climate change effects and development challenges.

These Summits are being held every three years since 2002, on alternate venues between our country and CARICOM States.

Tribute paid in Guyana to the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz

Georgetown, November 25, 2020. Four years after the physical departure of the Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, officials, health workers, and collaborators of the Cuban State Mission in Guyana paid tribute of remembrance to who undoubtedly continues to be present in each revolutionary.

Counselor Ana Violeta Castañeda recalled Fidel's revolutionary work and referred to the need to study his thoughts and, above all, to practice his teachings on a daily basis.

Until further notice, Cuban travelers are exempted from consular procedures for the extension of their stay abroad.

Informative note

As we have already reported, Cuban citizens who are abroad and had approved extensions of stay or had the 24-month term expiring as of March 19, 2020, may stay abroad until October 12, 2021, preserving their resident status in the national territory.

The Minister of Transportation announced on October 16, 2020, the start of air operations at all international airports in Cuba, except at “José Martí” International Airport, in Havana, which implies that there are still limitations on flights that hinder the return of Cuban citizens residing in the country.

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