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Port of Spain, May 1st.- The Ministry of Education of Trinidad and Tobago published the call for the 5 scholarships for Medical Studies (3 undergraduate and 2 postgraduate) offered annually by the Government of Cuba to young Trinidadians for the academic year 2018- 2019. The initiative is part of the agreements and commitments of Cuba with the countries that make up CARICOM, fruit of which 5,432 young people from the Caribbean have been trained as professionals in Cuban Universities, of them around one hundred Trinidadians. Currently, 723 young Caribbean students are studying in Cuba.

Port of Spain, May 29th, 2018. In a solemn ceremony held at the City Hall headquarters of Port of Spain, the Cuban Medical Brigade was awarded for their services, the Award of Honour which the National Security Officers Foundation (NSOF) grant annually.

The award was received by the Cuban Ambassador, who referred in his speech to the work developed by the Cuban collaborators during 15 years of uninterrupted work. It also signified the internationalist work carried out by Cuba in the different regions of the world.