The Cuban Ambassador Vilma Reyes Valdespino was received by Mr. Cuthbert Knights, the new Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Environment of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

During the fraternal meeting the parties reviewed the main aspects of the collaboration of the two countries in the field of health, such as the progress of the application of the Cuban drug Heberprot-P and the planning of the beginning of the second stage of that Program; the completion of the modern Comprehensive Diagnostic Center (CDI), built with Cuban guidance.

HAVANA, Cuba (CMC) — Cuba is providing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries with an extension of the agreement on trade and economic cooperation which facilitates access to the Cuban market for hundreds of CARICOM products, according to an official statement issued on Monday.

It said that the issue was discussed at the fifth CARICOM-Cuba Ministerial meeting that was held last Saturday.

According to the statement, the agreement also provides for trade between the parties.

KINGSTON, JAMAICA, March 13th, 2017. The main media in Jamaica highlighted the Association of Caribbean States (ASC) and the Community of the Caribbean (CARICOM) meetings carried out in Havana last week.

The Observer, one of the two most important newspapers in the country, published in both the printed and digital versions, an article written by the Cuban Ambassador, Bernardo Guanche Hernandez, entitled “The Caribbean can always count on Cuba”.

Ulaanbaatar. March 14, 2017. With the presence of the Minister of Defense and President of the Cuba-Mongolia Parliamentary Friendship Group, Mr. B.Bat-Erdene, Dr. Eulogio Pimentel, Director of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology held a business meeting with Mongolia's leading institutions, companies and health authorities.

The Special Olympics winter games 2017 in Graz, Schladming and Ramsau are due to start on Tuesday, with the arrival of around 2,700 athletes.

The Special Olympics for the mentally impaired have been taking place for 55 years, based on an initiative by the Kennedys in 1962. The movement organises around 100,000 events in 170 countries every year.

The  Heads  of  State  and  Government  of  Latin  America  and  the  Caribbean, gathered in  Quito, Ecuador,  on  occasion  of  the 4th Summit  of  the  Community  of  Latin  American  and  Caribbean States (CELAC), on January 27th, 2016:

The Cuban Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Elio Savón Oliva, was one of the winners of the "Award of Excellence", during the event "Diplomat of the Year Awards " held annually in this capital.

The drums of the Yoruba- speaking Okun peoples of Nigeria struck familiar chords throughout an almost capacity foot  tapping Napa rima Bowl auditorium on March 10 when the world famous El Conjunto Folklórico Nacional de Cuba opened the second instalment of its three-show visit.

By then, the well-travelled Cuban dance and music troupe had already left a Port - of- Spain audience in need of more, with a few Naparima Bowl patrons tes tifying to having made a return trip to view the show one last time. It is not known who else would have tailed them to the Shaw Park Complex in Tobago two evenings after.