The second group of young people from Saint Kitts and Nevis receives scholarships from Cuba this year.
On Thursday afternoon the ceremony of awarding undergraduate scholarships for five local young people, in the careers of Architecture, Medicine and Health Technology, was held at the headquarters of the Embassy of Cuba,In addition to the Cuban diplomatic staff, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Lisa Pistana, the president of the Association of Graduates in Cuba, Hollis Prentice, Dr Erick Brown, an Engineer who graduated in Cuba, and relatives of the students were present at the event.
Warm meeting between the Vice President of Cuba, Salvador Valdés Mesa and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Rt. Hon.Dr. Denzil Douglas
"It is a great pleasure for me to be here with you, on behalf of Prime Minister Drew, and to be able to listen to you,”" Douglas told Valdés Mesa. My country, he told him, confirms the deep gratitude of our Government and people, to the Government and the people of Cuba, which, despite the difficult conditions it is going through, has found the way to continue supporting us in our development.
"Saint Kitts and Nevis was the last CARICOM country to obtain its independence, we are the smallest in the Caribbean Community, but we are not afraid to publicly support Cuba and its people," Minister of Foreign Affairs Denzil Douglas emphasized to the Cuban Vice President.
There is only one Cuba
With this announcement, the US government intends to address only one sector of our population. The coercive measure that most affect Cuba’s economy and public services and severely harm the wellbeing of our population are neither eradicated nor modified.
The Government of the United States has been explicit in its intention to use this sector for political purposes against the Revolution, in the interest of its change of regime policy.
Speech by the Vice President of the Republic of Cuba, Salvador Valdés Mesa, high-level meeting on resource mobilization for Small Island Developing States
It is a fact that the imbalances of the international financial system do not provide the necessary stability to achieve the sustainable development goals and meet the special needs of small Island Developing States.
The alternative for our countries can no longer be based on old formulas. The only viable solution lies in the rethinking of the unjust and unequal international economic order and the current bases that define North-South relations and life on the planet.
St. Kitts and Nevis Friendship Association Statement
The Saint Kitts and Nevis - Cuba Friendship Association reiterates its demand that the United States government remove Cuba from that unjust list, which has a negative impact on the Cuban people. Likewise, we ask for the immediate end of the genocidal blockade imposed on Cuba.