Ambassador of Cuba visits the Vincentian parliament.
Kingstown, 3 February 2025. – The Cuban ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Carlos Ernesto Rodríguez Etcheverry, visited the headquarters of the legislative body of this country, where he was received by its speaker, the Honourable Mrs. Rochelle Forde.
The Cuban diplomat and Madame Speaker exchanged views on different topics, including the current situation in Cuba, the state of bilateral cooperation, as well as other issues of regional and international interest.
The Cuban ambassador reiterated the invitation to the Speaker to pay an official visit to Cuba at her convenience.
Ms. Forde is a Vincentian lawyer and serves as Speaker of the House of Assembly since November 2020
AIA and ECASA are about to launch a cooperation project.
Kingstown, 3 February 2025. Authorities of the Cuban Aviation Company of Airport Services (ECASA), Argyle International Airport (AIA) and the Embassy of Cuba in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines held a productive exchange through video conference, in which they agreed on the final elements associated with a new collaborative project between the two countries.
This is a group of 6 Cuban engineers who will soon travel to St. Vincent, to join the maintenance and modernization work being carried out
UWI officials visit the Cuban Embassy in SVG.
Kingstown, 31 January 2025. Representatives of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Global Campus SVG, visited the headquarters of the Cuban Embassy in this country, where they were received by Ambassador Carlos Ernesto Rodríguez Etcheverry.
Both sides discussed the possibilities of bilateral cooperation with Cuban counterparts, in areas such as teaching the Spanish language, art and Cuban dances, among others.
The head of the entity, Dr. Resa Noel-McBarnett, made a presentation on the main face-to-face and virtual courses available at UWI, while the Cuban diplomat emphasized the great importance that Cuba attaches to education
Chairman of the Prime Ministerial Advisory Council on youth visits the Cuban Embassy
Kingstown, 30 January 2024. The Cuban Ambassador to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Carlos Ernesto Rodríguez Etcheverry, received Mr. Anson Latchman, Chairman of the Prime Ministerial Advisory Council on youth.
The meeting took place in a cordial atmosphere and the parties exchanged information on the functioning and missions of the Council, its role in Vincentian society and the possibilities for bilateral collaboration, with the participation of teachers, Cuban artists and sports coaches from different areas.
The Advisory Council is a young organization. It was founded in September 2023. It has a primary committee and more than 300 members, which are divided into subcommittees or sectorial groups covering art and culture; politics; economy, social, religious and gender issues; sports, etc.,
St. Vincent and the Grenadines pays tribute to José Martí on the 172nd anniversary of his birth.
Kingstown, 29 January 2025. Members of the Cuban community in SVG; members of the SVG-Cuba Friendship Society and the embassies of Venezuela and Cuba in this Caribbean nation, remembered our country’s National Hero, José Martí, on the 172nd anniversary of his birth.
Martí’s thought and work were evoked through the Cuban film "Cuba Libre", of recently deceased director Jorge Luis Sánchez, which recreates the endings of the War of 95, the defeat of the Spanish empire at the hands of the “mambises” and the American intervention in the war, perhaps one of the most frustrating moments in the history of the Cuban nation.