Suva, March 31, 2016.- In a meeting to welcome the Ambassador of Cuba, Mario Alzugaray, the Deputy Secretary of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Andy Fong Toy, expressed satisfaction with the cooperation that Cuba has offered to the countries of the region and confirmed its willingness to further promote links between the Caribbean country and the organization she represents.

The Minister of International Business, Donville Inniss, received in his office Cuban Ambassador to discuss the details of his planned visit to Cuba in May.

Minister of Social Development, Stephen Blackett, received the Cuban Ambassador, Francisco Fernandez, to evaluate ideas in a technical assistance project for which Barbados would be provided with a national plan to tackle Alzheimer's is based. Accompanied by the Permanent Secretary, the President of the Alzheimer Society of Barbados, Pamelia Brereton, and other specialists, the Minister received the document with the proposal that was prepared by Dr.

Funafuti, March 29 – In a ceremony held in the Government House in this capital, the Governor General, Sir. Iakoba Taeia Italeli, received the letters of credentials of the new Ambassador of Cuba, Mario Alzugaray. During the meeting, the Tuvaluan leader expressed its gratitude for the assistance that Cuba has offered to his country over the last decade, highlighting the presence of Cuban doctors in this island of the Pacific, as a determining factor in the raise of the health standards of its people.

Port of Spain, , March 28th , 2016.- The Minister of Education of Trinidad and Tobago, the Honorable Anthony Garcia, received the Cuban Ambassador at the headquarters of the Ministry, with whom exchanged experiences developed for both countries in the education sector as well as the possibilities of starting new initiatives of cooperation in this area.

THE BAHAMAS, 27 March 2016. - The chief curator of The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Ms. Amanda Holly Bynoe, is visiting Cuba as part of cultural exchange between the two countries.

Since her arrival to Havana last 23 March, the curator has developed an intensive program organized by the Ministry of Culture of Cuba. Among the activities carried out, she visited the Communitarian Project of the plastic artist José Fuster, the National Museum of Fine Arts and the Wilfredo Lam Center, headquarters of the Havana Biennale, among others.

Havana, Mar 22 (Prensa Latina) President of Cuba, Raul Castro, attends today the Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, where his US counterpart, Barack Obama, delivers a public speech. On the last day of his three-day visit to this nation, the visiting head of state will address a part of Cuban civil representation and soon after moved to the Latinoamericano stadium for an expected ballgame. Together with local authorities, Obama will witness the baseball cap between a local team and the Tampa Bay Rays to end a historic qualified by international media visit.

Dunedin, March 22, 2016. The New Zealand-Cuba Friendship Association, organized and opened this afternoon an art exhibition called "Yo me muero como viví” or as in English, “I die as I lived”. This exhibition presented a set of masterful paintings from the collection of the Hero of the Republic of Cuba, Mr. Antonio Guerrero, during his unjust imprisonment in US jails.

In the Residence of the Cuban Ambassador to Accra, a fraternal meeting was held with a group of Ghanaian graduates in Cuba, better known as "cubanitos", who have had outstanding professional development once they returned to their country of origin. Among those present were also members of the Board of Directors of the Cuban Trained Ghanaian Graduates Association (ESBECAN).

Paris, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will promote the island as a destination of choice at the World Tourism Fair in Paris. •Cuba''s Nature and Heritage Promoted in Tourism Show in Paris The island seeks to encourage sales, facilitate tourists' visits, recruit new customers and take advantage of this unique showcase to introduce new products, services and exclusive offers. According to government sources, the emphasis will be on resort areas and on encouraging summer travel.