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US to drop fiber-optic cable to Cuba in 2015
MIAMI, CMC – Top United States military officials say a fiber-optic communications cable linking Florida to the US Naval base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba will be laid in 2015. Navy Lieutenant Commander Ronald Flanders, a US Southern Command, spokesman has agreed with the two-year timetable that chief information officer at the US Secretary of Defense’s office, Ronald Bechtold, refered…
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Cuban nationals detained in Bahamian territorial waters
ASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government Tuesday confirmed that 13 Cuban nationals had been detained by the Defence Force after they were picked up in territorial waters on Monday night. Foreign Affairs Minister Frederick Mitchell in a brief statement said that the “illegal migrants are to be transported to Nassau for processing before their return to Cuba”. He said…
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Government confirms investigation into abuse of Cuban detainees has been completed
NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government says legal proceedings against people involved in the abuse of Cuban detainees here will begin “imminently”. National Security Minister Bernard J. Nottage said that the investigations into the allegations of abuse of the Cuban detainees at the Detention Center, conducted by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF), had been completed, “and that proceedings…
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Final Declaration Fourth Meeting of Minister of Foreign Affairs of CARICOM and the Republic of Cuba
We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba, cognisant of our common Caribbean Identity, shared values and expressed commitment towards cooperation on regional and international matters of mutual interest and concern, met on Calivigny Island, Grenada, on Friday 6th September 2013, under the joint Chairmanship of Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Minister of Foreign…
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CARICOM and Cuba look to active role in post 2015 Agenda talks at the UN
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean should take an active role at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) debate on the post 2015 Agenda. This was the view expressed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana the Honourable Caroline Rodrigues-Birkett as she addressed the Opening Ceremony in Grenada of the Fourth Meeting of Foreign Ministers of…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GUYANA AND CHAIR OF THE BUREAU OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, HONOURABLE CAROLYN RODRIGUES-BIRKETT AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CARICOM AND CUBA, 5 SEPTEMBER 2013, GRENADA
I wish to thank the Government and People of Grenada for their warm hospitality and join my colleagues in echoing appreciation for being in Grenada today among great company. As we gather on the eve of the Fourth CARICOM-Cuba Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, there are several events that are occurring at the national, regional, hemispheric, and global levels…
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Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community At The Opening Ceremony Of the FOURTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CARICOM AND CUBA CALIVIGNY ISLAND, GRENADA
Allow me to begin by expressing my appreciation for the warm Spice Island welcome that has been extended to all delegations since our arrival in Grenada for the Fourth Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of CARICOM and Cuba. It has undoubtedly set a pleasant tone for a fruitful discussion between friends. The timing of today’s Meeting could not have…
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CARICOM and Cuba Foreign Ministers get together in Grenada
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba will hold discussions on advancing cooperation on developmental issues between the two sides on Friday 6 September in Grenada. A special retreat of CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), preceded Friday’s meeting. CARICOM-Cuba Cooperation, which dates back to 1972, has seen…
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UNITED STATES-MIGRATION – US Coast Guard continues to repatriate Cuban migrants
MIAMI, CMC – Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Kodiak Island have repatriated 23 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, in the latest repatriation efforts. In a release on Friday, the US Coast Guard said the repatriation was a result of three migrant interdiction cases. It said Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Florida, said two weeks ago,…
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Fidel Castro’s role in Cuba is chiefly offstage as he turns 87
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Fidel Castro turns 87 today, largely out of sight but not out of mind, as Cuba struggles to move on from his half-century rule and as many of his policies are reconsidered under the leadership of his younger brother Raul. The birthday of one of Latin America’s most iconic revolutionary figures has been a low key celebration…
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