Trinidad and Tobago held a seminar to promote Investment in Cuba that was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of that country.

There were presentations by various Trinidadian organizations, the Cuban Ambassador as well as the Director of Industry and Commerce of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Port of Spain, ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad and Tobago, 16 may 2015. – His Excellency Guillermo Vázquez Moreno, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago, paid a courtesy call on University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal, Professor Clement Sankat on April 22. The two met to discuss possibilities for collaboration, particularly in Research and Innovation Management Systems, Molecular Science, Agro-processing, specialist Health Services, Music, Arts and Culture, Software Development, Informatics and the preservation of historical buildings. Also in attendance was Mr. Sharan Singh, Director of The UWI St. Augustine’s Office of Institutional Advancement and Internationalization.

A group of seven Cuban coaches who offer their technical cooperation in six disciplines (cycling, swimming, hockey, table tennis, volleyball and boxing) returned to Barbados to give continuity to the agreement signed by the National Sports Council (CND) to Cubadeportes SA company Technical Nelson Garcia Fernandez, Eric Raúl Urdaneta Becerra, Julio Alberto Madrazo Knight, Angel Manuel Marin Hernandez, Roberto Castillo Serrano, Felipe Alvarez Ramirez, Mikhail Santos Jimenez, were welcomed at the international airport by Ms.

BAHAMAS, May 11th, 2015.- On Saturday, May 9, the Bahamian capital vibrated to the rhythm of the prominent Cuban group Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco who were invited to close the "Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival", first of its kind celebrated in this territory.

The Cuban group visited the Bahamas invited by the Organizing Committee of the "Junkanoo Carnival Bahamas" and was part of a group of bands, mostly Caribbeans, that contaminated the city last Saturday night.

The sub regional representation of FAO held in Barbados a seminar-workshop three days to promote the development of the industry of cassava and other tubers in the Caribbean to which he invited Dr. Luis Ruiz Martinez and Yoel Beovides García, two experts INIVIT (Research Institute of Tropical Root Crops) Ministry of Agriculture of Cuba, who found the accumulated practices in this area and through five conferences shared the Cuban experience, in an event that served to identify several areas of collaboration for generalize good practice.

Cuban mothers, Barbadians, Venezuelan, Brazilian and Colombian appointment at the headquarters of the Embassy of Cuba were given for the collective tribute to parents, spouses, children and friends, that special date. To enjoy good music performed live, delivering flowers symbolizing all its beauty and integrity; between songs, poems, dances, local food and anecdotes, which were interspersed with calls of congratulations from several points, he spent a joyful day of relaxation and fraternization that was enjoyed by all until arrival the night.

Blackball, New Zealand, 2 May 2015. As part of the International Workers' Day celebrations, the Ambassador of Cuba Maria del Carmen Herrera Caseiro was invited to participate in the Sustainable Economy Forum in New Zealand’s West Coast region, occasion in which she delivered an extensive presentation on the process of updating the Cuban economic model and the recent developments in the relations between Cuba and the US.

Blackball, New Zealand, 2 May 2015. As part of the International Workers' Day celebrations, the Ambassador of Cuba Maria del Carmen Herrera Caseiro was invited to participate in the Sustainable Economy Forum in New Zealand’s West Coast region, occasion in which she delivered an extensive presentation on the process of updating the Cuban economic model and the recent developments in the relations between Cuba and the US.

Blackball, New Zealand, 2 May 2015. As part of the International Workers' Day activities Antonio Guerrero’s painting exhibition "I Will Die As I’ve Lived" was inaugurated in the Museum of Working Class History in this city, and it was attended by a large number of people, including the Mayors of the cities of Greymouth and Buller District, Mr. Tony Kokshoorn and Mr. Garry Howard, union leaders, other local authorities, friends of solidarity from several cities in New Zealand and public in general.

Port of Spain, 28 April 2016. Acknowledgement of the 2nd anniversary of the untimely passing of Professor Norman P. Girvan, Former Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States and brilliant Caribbean academic, the ACS Secretariat, together with the Chair of the ACS Ministerial Council hosted a special tribute to his life.