Barbados signed an education memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Republic of Cuba. The MOU provides two scholarships per year for five years to Cuban nationals — providing training in English as a foreign language for Cuban experts. The signing of the MOU also provides Barbadians with
Hurricane Ian had left Cuba in the dark after it knocked out the country's electricity grid. According to a statement from Cuba's Electric Union, authorities worked through the night to progressively restore power to the country's 11 million residents. Approximately one million people originally lost
CARICOM Statement The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) stands with the government and people of Cuba in the aftermath of the disastrous fire at the Port of Matanzas. We extend our condolences on the loss of life and wish a speedy recovery to the scores of people who
More than 800 Haitians trying to get to the U.S. shores aboard a ship have instead landed in central Cuba. According to the report by The Guardian, this was the largest group of Haitians who are fleeing their crisis-stricken country in hopes of starting anew in
Victims of the Saratoga hotel explosion in Cuba will receive their pensions as soon as possible, a local government agency has said. In a report by Jamaica Gleaner, general director Virgina Marlen Garcia Reyes of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) in Cuba said
Following the migration talks between the U.S. and Cuba last month that aimed to restart the ties between the two countries, U.S. officials in Havana has begun processing visa requests to Cubans on a limited basis. In a report by the Associated Press, the U.S.
In the highest-level formal U.S. talks since President Joe Biden assumed office last year, U.S. and Cuban officials met in Washington on Thursday to discuss migration concerns. The meeting sought to restore the U.S.-Cuba Migration Accords, under which the United States agrees to issue at least
Two Caribbean islands, Cayman Islands and Cuba, have issued storm warnings in their areas following the formation of a tropical depression in the region on Thursday, according to information on the website of the U.S. National Weather Service. Forecasters anticipate Tropical Depression Nine to
Cuba’s defense minister and the communist nation’s special forces brigade were both slapped with U.S. sanctions for the "suppression of peaceful protests" that happened on July 11. In a report by CNBC, the sanctions prohibits any transactions from entities in the United States to Cuban Defense
Fed up with shortages of food and medicine, rising prices, power outages, and the many more problems that have beset Cuba, angry Cuban citizens took to the streets some rare and large-scale demonstrations on July 11, which surprised not only the Cuban government but also the
