Wellington, April 12, 2016.- At a meeting held in this capital at the Beehive with the Ambassador of Cuba, Mario Alzugaray, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, Hon. Murray McCully, advocated for increased links and exchanges between the two countries.

In the afternoon of Monday, the meeting was attended by the Chargé d'Affaires of Cuba in Liberia, Yordenis Despaigne Vera and Mr. Lewis G. Brown II, appointed Ambassador of Liberia to the United Nations, concurrently before the Cuban State. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Liberian chancellery, located in the capital.

The Minister of Health, Mr. Alexander Percival Segbefia held a working meeting with the Cuban ambassador Pedro Luis Despaigne González. The Cuban Embassy served as an ideal space for its development.

Cuba was represented by Marta Castillo, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, in Regional Trade Policy Course for the Caribbean countries sponsored by the World Trade Organization (WTO), which took place in Barbados from April 3 to May 27, 2016 with the attendance of delegates from more than 25 countries in the region.

Suva, April 2 - In a ceremony hosted at the Government House in this capital city, Cuba's Ambassador, Mario Alzugaray, presented to the President of the Republic of Fiji, H.E. Major General r Jioji Konousi Konrote, the letters that acredited him as a the representative of the Cuban Government in that country. During the meeting, the Head of State Fiji ratified the will of its Government to further strengthen bilateral ties and expressed his satisfaction with the multiple coincidences of both nations, as small islands development States.

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.