Cuba Satisfied with
CARICOM Links
The Foreign Affairs
Ministry (MINREX) of
Cuba states Friday in a
declaration its deep
satisfaction with the
friendship, respect and
cooperation with the
Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
By celebrating the Cuba-Caricom
Day December 8, the
island feels a great
confidence in the
continuous and
subsequent development
of those exemplary ties,
which have been greatly
multiplied, the text
stresses.
Published by "Granma"
newspaper, the document
recalls that tomorrow
marks the 35th
anniversary of the
moment in which
Barbados, Guyana,
Jamaica, and Trinidad
and Tobago decided to
establish diplomatic
relations with Cuba.
The report emphasizes
that those nations, in a
brave gesture,
challenged the policy of
isolation imposed by
United States against
the Cubans in the Latin
American and Caribbean
environment.
The four
English-speaking
countries had been then
the only ones to enjoy
their independence.
Years later, other
Caribbean states have
conquered freedom and
also established
relations with Cuba,
states the MINREX
declaration.
The article underlines
that the Caribbean
brother countries have
repeatedly expressed
their firm position
against the US blockade
not only at the UN but
also in other
international forums.
The declaration recalls
Cuban President Fidel
Castro's words in the
Second Cuba-CARICOM
Summit held in Barbados
in December 2005.
"To selfish neoliberal
globalization and the
anti-democratic
political and
international economic
order we must respond
with unity,
globalization of
solidarity, promotion of
dialogue, integration
and genuine
cooperation," the
statesman said then.
Over 2,800 CARICOM youth
have graduated in Cuba,
about 2,900 students
from that regional group
are studying in this
country. Almost 1,400 of
them study medicine, and
over 4 million Caribbean
patients have been
assisted by Cuban
physicians since 1996.
Cuba also shares
experiences with the
Caribbean countries in
several areas, like
protection of
environment, saving
energy and preventing
natural disasters. |
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