Wellington, October 12, 2015. The Cuban film "The Booby Prize," fiction film produced in 2009 under the direction of Juan Carlos Cremata, was the movie selected to start the Latin American cinema session on October the 9thin the town of Ashhurst, located in the New Zealand city of Palmerston North.

The Ashhurst Community Library, venue of this event, was attended by a large group of spectators, fans of Cuban cinema and culture, who along with representatives of the Embassy, shared an evening full of Cuban identity.

In an emotional ceremony held at the Memorial erected in Paynes Bay to the victims of the heinous attack on the flight CU-455 of Cubana October 6, 1976, senior government officials, Parliament and organizations of Barbadian movement of solidarity with Cuba, deposited several wreaths and spoke heartfelt words, in which the conjugated tribute to the fallen, dissatisfaction because after 39 years has not done full justice and condemnation of terrorism latent identified as a challenge for the entire Caribbean.

CUBANS living and working in Trinidad and Tobago recently joined with counterparts in their homeland to mourn and remember the lives of 73 passengers and crew members killed, 39 years ago, in the terrorist bombing of Cubana Flight 455 in neighbouring Barbados.

On September 30, Terrence Deyalsingh,Minister of Health, met with Guillermo Vazquez Moreno, Ambassador from Cuba, and his team at the Ministry of Health’s Head Office, Port of Spain.

Hangzhou, 22 September 2025. — From 22 to 25 September, Engineer Lázaro Márquez Llauger, Vice President of the Cuban MAB Committee and Director of the Guanahacabibes National Park, represents the Republic of Cuba at the 5th UNESCO World Congress of Biosphere Reserves. The congress, which brings together more than 2,000 experts, scientists, managers and government representatives, is being held in Hangzhou, China, with the aim of shaping the future of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

The Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Management Agency (CDEMA), Mr. Ronald Jackson, accepted the invitation by the Cuban Ambassador to Barbados, Francisco Fernandez, to designate a representative for the Workshop on Local Disaster Management, which be held in the Havana from 26 to 30 October. It thus complies with one of the agreements reached at the CARICOM-Cuba Summit to ensure that all member countries of the Community and its specialized agencies receive adequate training in this area.

Four Barbadian students who applied for scholarships to study medicine at the Latin American School and Caribbean Medicine (ELAM) as part of the program of existing bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the educational field traveled to Havana in the second half of August. The students selected this year were Kachell Tara Yearwood, Shakita Alexandra Morris, Thalayah Onika Butcher-Medford and Faith Gabriela Brome.

Cuban contemporary dancers, Yuleisy Linares and Yunier Hernandez, both teachers and soloists of the JJ Traditional Dance Company, participated as special guests in the artistic cultural festival organized by the Israel Lovel Foundation to celebrate its 25th Anniversary in Bridgetown during the second half of August. Their outstanding performance was highlighted by the Barbadian press having a rave review.

Trinidad and Tobago, 10 august, 2015-The Chief Executive Officer of the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Catherine Kumar, spoke at a press conference at the chamber’s headquarters in Westmoorings following the return to Trinidad and Tobago of a fact finding mission organised by the chamber.

Trinidad y Tobago, July 27, 2015 - In a ceremony organized by the Friendship Association of Trinidad and Tobago "Friends of Cuba", the Cuban Brigades of al Health and Sport and the Embassy of Cuba in Trinidad and Tobago, was commemorated the 62nd anniversary 62nd anniversary of the Assault on the Moncada Barracks. In this ocation more than two hundred Cuban health and sport practicioners in this Caribbean country were present, accompanied by dozens of Trinitarian friends all over the island.