President of the Barbadian Parliament to receive the Ambassador of Cuba.
The Speaker of the House of the Barbadian Parliament, the Honourable Arthur Holder, accepted the courtesy call by the Cuban Ambassador, Francisco Fernández, to follow up initiatives previously discussed with the Deputy Speaker, the Honorable Gline Clarke, especially aimed at strengthening the bonds between both legislative bodies and contributing to the integral development of bilateral relations between both countries. To this end, a draft Resolution to support Cuba in its struggle for the lifting of the blockade was reviewed and there was consensus on the relevance of submitting to the assembly the decision to create a Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Fidel´s legacy is highlighted in Barbados linked to the Palestinian cause.
The organizations that make up the Movement of Solidarity with Cuba, this time led by the Caribbean Committee against Apartheid in Palestine, presided over by lawyer Lalu Hanuman, commemorated two historical dates of great significance: the 71st Anniversary of the illegal partition of Palestine and the second of the passage to the immortality of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution, Dr. Fidel Castro. For the purposes of the first date an allegorical documentary was exhibited to the indiscriminate exclusion of the Bedouins in their own land, on the basis of which a debate was later generated to stimulate the exchange of information and the mobilization of public opinion around the Palestinian cause . The Cuban Ambassador was invited to speak on the legacy of Fidel, with emphasis on his contribution to the liberation of Africa and the right of the Palestinian people to have a sovereign and independent State.
Barbadian Minister of Culture celebrates Cuban technical assistance in heritage restoration.
Under the provisions of the current Cultural Cooperation Agreement two specialists from the "Restaura" Design Company of the Office of the Historian of Havana (OHC) were invited by the National Cultural Foundation (FNC) of Barbados, to make a technical evaluation of three centenary buildings of Bridgetown to be repaired and preserved, since they belong to the international heritage site recognized by UNESCO. The Minister of Culture, John King, exchanged with the architect Anibal del Prado and the engineer Rolando Salazar at the beginning of their intense and fruitful advisory work in the island and described as excellent and very timely this collaboration, which took place just before his planned official visit to Cuba next January, aimed at to exploring new avenues of bilateral cooperation.
Barbadian government evaluates Cuban technical assistance against Alzheimer.
The Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, the Honourable Cynthia Forde, evaluated with Cuban Ambassador Francisco Fernández the possibility of implementing a technical assistance project with Cuban experts to deal with Alzheimer's disease, for which there is available the financing of the Pan American Health Organization´s office for the Eastern Caribbean. Accompanied by Deputy Minister Carolyn Springer and other senior officials of her team, the Minister expressed her satisfaction at having the experience and willingness of cooperation of the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, as it has been historically, and highlighted the value of this action because both countries have a large segment of their population over sixty years of age, but in the case of Barbados it is necessary to carry out a study on the ground as proposed in order to elaborate a Strategy and a National Plan to determine more precisely the steps that must be followed to face that disease more effectively.
Solidarity Movement bid a fraternal farewell to Cuban Ambassador and Consul
The enthusiasm and the numerous messages of friendship and brotherhood received in the name of our government, organizations and people in general were overflowing and contagious. For obvious reasons, the mutual gratitude, the exaltation to the virtues of the progressive and revolutionary thought of the large group of friends of the Cuban Revolution was concentrated. It has been an immense pleasure and an infinite pride that filled us with so many beautiful phrases, just for being humble representatives of that Cuban Revolution that is so big and generous. In moments like these we reaffirm ourselves more in the legacy of Fidel and Martí. All the glory of the world fits in a grain of corn, Fidel confessed to the world, as the best disciple of Martí.