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Dominica Foreign Minister wants integration of Cuba in international community
As Dominica observes 20 years of diplomatic relations with Cuba, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francine Baron, has called for further integration of Cuba into the international community. “Caribbean leaders continue to call for the continued integration of Cuba into the international community,” she said, at a ceremony held at the State House, on Wednesday night. Baron stated that CARICOM states,…
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Increasing Regional Trade With Cuba
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has supported the largest contingent of Caribbean firms to participate at the 33rd edition of the Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV) from November 2-7, 2015, as part of the Regional Private Sector Development Programme and Haiti-Dominican Republic Binational Programme of the 10th European Development Fund (EDF). [FIHAV 2015] A total of twenty-five (25) companies…
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Cuba Leading Eradication of HIV/AIDS, UN Says
The U.N. recognizes Cuba’s social model as a way to fight HIV/AIDS. Cuba is an example for the world to follow on how to eradicate AIDS, the executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS said Friday. “We are very proud of what Cuba has done in the fight against HIV/AIDS,” said dirctoy Michel Sidibe, upon his visit to…
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CARICOM congratulates Cuba, US as steps to normalise relations continue
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated sister Caribbean nation Cuba and the United States on their ongoing moves to normalise relations. In a Statement to coincide with today’s reopening of the US Embassy in Havana, following the recent reopening of the Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C., CARICOM said it will continue to encourage both sides, with which it has close…
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CSM, private sector engagement, Cuba feature prominently at COTED
Action to ensure that the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) is placed on a more efficient footing to benefit Community nationals; the importance of standards and consumer protection; and the role of the private sector in Regional development, were among the key matters Trade Ministers took decisions on when they met in Georgetown, Guyana, 23-24 April, 2015. CSME Ministers, at the Fortieth Meeting…
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Cultural agreement being worked out with Cuba
By Patricia Thangaraj A Cultural Co-operation Agreement is currently being negotiated between Barbados and Cuba. This was revealed by Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Stephen Lashley, who spoke at a press conference on the announcement of two young Barbadian artists, Ewan Atkinson and Alberta Whittle, who have been selected to participate in the Havana Biennial and the Venice Biennial…
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Press Release to Acknowledge the Twenty-First Anniversary of Initiating Diplomatic Relations between the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda and the Republic of Cuba
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda joins the Government of the Republic of Cuba in observing 21 years of strong socio-political relations between these two Caribbean neighbours… On the 6th day of April in 1994, the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda and the Republic of Cuba formally established diplomatic relations with a view to cooperate on a wide range of mutual…
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Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba to develop multi-destination tourism packages
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Wednesday April 1, 2015, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago says it has signed a cooperation agreement with Cuba that will allow for the development of multi-destination tourism packages. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here said that the agreement was signed in Havana by Tourism Minister Gerald Hadeed and his Cuban counterpart Manuel Marrero…
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UNDP and Cuba to boost development cooperation, special focus on renewable energy
Havana – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Jessica Faieta announced continued support to Cuba in the economic, social and environmental fronts. At a press conference in Havana she said that UNDP will also place special emphasis on boosting renewable energy sources, especially through biofuel. Jessica Faieta also mentioned the need to increase support…
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Mutated Strain of HIV that Leads to AIDS within 3 Yrs Found in Cuba
A team of Belgian researchers reported a new strain of HIV in Cuban patients that can result in AIDS within three years, if no cure is administered. Researchers worry that the mutated HIV strain could evolve so quick that patients will get antiretroviral therapy only after it is already too late. According to the researchers, the newly found strain become…
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