RAUL CASTRO

Cuba has played an important role in the development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member nations, with its huge contribution in terms of education and health, declared on Saturday in Havana the Prime Minister of Grenada, Keith Mitchell.»

A press room was opened on Thursday night at the Palace of the Revolution to facilitate coverage of the Fifth Caricom-Cuba Summit, where on December 8th Caribbean Heads of State and Government will meet.»

Heads of State and Government of the member nations of the Caribbean Community(CARICOM), and regional organizations, will be arriving in Havana this Saturday, to participate in the Fifth CARICOM-Cuba Summit.»

Economic and Trade Relations will be among the issues discussed at the Fifth Summit of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba which takes place in Havana, Cuba on Monday 8 December. The Summit will be preceded on Sunday by a meeting of the Foreign Ministers.»

Caribbean Community leaders, including Prime Minister Dean Barrow will gather in Havana, Cuba on Monday of next week for the fifth Cuba-CARICOM summit.»

Leaders of the region met in Havana this December 8th, for the V CARICOM-Cuba Summit.»

Cuban Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will grow slightly higher to 4 percent in 2015, as it was predicted in the last meeting of the Council of Ministers, Granma daily reported.»

Army General Raul Castro Ruz, president of the Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, welcomed this Saturday China’s State Councilor Yang Ping, who currently pays an official visit to the island.»

Cuban President Raul Castro received the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Barcenas, who is on a working visit to Cuba.»

The Cuban Council of Ministers led by Cuban President Raul Castro, adopted several policies and measures related to the updating of the national economic model, Granma newspaper reports.»