By Kimberly Ramkhalawan December 6, 2022. Kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com Export Barbados and Cuba have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the cooperation of public health sharing between the two Caribbean nations…
Category: CUBA
Gay couples in Cuba marry under new law
October 25, 2022 Serious, standing upright and dressed in long gala dresses – despite the midday Cuban heat – Lisset and Liusba quietly walk up the ten steps of the…
The OECS Commission extends Condolences to Cuba in Aftermath of Fire in Matanzas
August 12, 2022 The OECS Commission extends sincere condolences to the Government and People of the Republic of Cuba, in the wake of the unfortunate incident involving an enormous fire…
Cuba’s Diaz-Canel: YOU WON’T DEPRIVE US OF OUR VOICE!
By: Staff Writer June 14, 2022 Cuba was not invited to last week’s Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, but that didn’t mean that the country would not have…
Cuba lifts mask mandate as vaccination rate soars and deaths plummet
May 31, 2022 Cuba on Tuesday lifted a mask mandate in place for two years following a successful vaccination drive that health officials say has contributed to a sharp drop…
Pregnant woman among dead in Cuban hotel explosion!
By: Staff Writer May 10, 2022 Firefighters are searching the rubble of the Saratoga Hotel in the Cuban capital, Havana, after a huge blast ripped through the building on Friday.…
CARICOM regrets passing of Foreign Minister who helped to advance Cuba-CARICOM relations
May 10, 2022 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed deep regret at the passing of Cuba’s former Foreign Affairs Minister HE Ricardo Alarcón, who played a constructive role in advancing…
CARICOM expresses sorrow at deaths in Cuban accident
May 10, 2022 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed its profound sorrow at the loss of life in the accident at Cuba’s Hotel Saratoga. CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett expressed the…
Russia building military in America’s backyard raises sovereignty risks for Venezuela
By: Staff Writer January 28, 2022 A Venezuelan politician said that Russia cosying up to Venezuela “of course has” sovereignty risk issues as he braces for a country already torn…
Statement from CARICOM on the anniversary of diplomatic relations with Cuba.
December 10, 2021 It is my distinct honour, in my capacity as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to address the People and Governments of CARICOM and Cuba on the…
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ida to pass Cuba Friday, may strike Gulf Coast as category 2
August 27, 2021 Tropical Storm Ida has formed near Jamaica, and it could threaten Cuba and the Cayman Islands before strengthening into a category 2 hurricane ahead of a Gulf…
Main Cuban oxygen plant fails amid COVID-19 surge
August 17, 2021 Cuba’s public health minister said on Sunday efforts were underway to restart the country’s main oxygen factory which had broken down even as the death toll from…