Cuban Medical brigade in the Turks and Caicos Islands takes donation to Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, 6 October 2021. A donation consisting of 12,800 syringes, 37 infrared thermometers with their batteries and 160 KN95 masks was delivered to health authorities in Santiago de Cuba by the "Henry Reeve" Medical Brigade working in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The donation was prepared by the members of the Brigade, foreign graduates from Cuban colleges and Cubans residing in that British Overseas Territory.
26 new members join the Cuban Medical Brigade in Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica, 5 October 2021. Yesterday was a day of pleasant emotions for all members of the Cuban Medical Brigade in Jamaica, as they received twenty-six new colleagues who join the Cuban health professionals working in the country. With this new group, Cuba surpasses the figure of 500 workers providing unconditional help in this sister Caribbean island.
Prime Minister of Jamaica calls for the lifting of the US embargo against Cuba at United Nations
New York, EE.UU., 27 September 2021. The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica, called last Friday for the lifting of the US blockade against Cuba, in his address at the High Level segment of the 76th Period of Sessions of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The government of Jamaica to donate medical supplies to fight Covid-19 in Cuba
Kingston, Jamaica, 15 September 2021. The Cuban Charge d' Affaires (a.i.) in Jamaica, Mr. Ulises Calvo Borges, symbolically received today a donation of medical supplies from the government of Jamaica to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic in the Greatest Island in the Antilles. The symbolic delivery was made at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.
Jamaican historian participates in virtual panel organized by CNCU and Casa de las Americas
Kingston, Jamaica, 23 August 2021. Jamaican professor Verene A. Shepherd, social historian and Director of the Centre for Reparation Research at the University of the West Indies, participated today in the virtual panel on International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, organized by Casa de las Americas and the Cuban National Commission for UNESCO.