CubaPLUS Magazine

The CubaPLUS/CARICOM and CubaPLUS/Guyana magazines have been pleasantly received by professionals and the general public attending the GuyExpo 2023 fair that ends this Sunday at the Sophia Exhibition Complex in Georgetown, as they consider them extremely important to know the work of the countries of the region in different areas of economic and social life.

The highly anticipated GuyExpo 2023 fair opened this Thursday at the Exhibition Complex Sophia of Georgetown with the participation of about 250 exhibitors under the motto: “Transforming Guyana through investment, innovation and resilience.”

GuyExpo, Guyana's largest trade and investment exhibition returned as an annual event, after an impasse of several years, to be carried out now with greater force with the participation of a large number of national and international companies. The exhibition, which will take place at the Sophia Exhibition Complex in Georgetown, on the 16th to the 19th of this month, is considered the longest running exhibition in the Caribbean, and offers participants the possibility of exchanging views, meeting, establishing contacts, negotiating and showing skills, talents and creative works.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Association of Tourism and Hospitality of the country (THAG), according to its acronym in English, in collaboration with sector specialists, have just presented the official playbook for the development of tourist products from all over the nation.

Cuba and Guyana have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding for collaboration in the areas of agriculture and plant products, livestock and animal products, beekeeping, forestry, among others of interest to the sector.

President of Guyana, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, has traveled to Canada, where he will join other leaders from the Caribbean Community (Caricom) for the first-ever summit between Canada and the regional bloc.

Four more Guyanese doctors have just graduated from the University of Medical Sciences in Santiago de Cuba and returned to their country to provide services in the development project ONE Guyana.

A total of 170 tractors and trailers were delivered to villages and settlements of Amerindians in Guyana by the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, with the aim of promotin food security and agricultural development in the country.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Guyana Tourism and Hospitality Association (THAG) and the Target Euro consultancy presented on Tuesday the Official Tourism Product Development Manual that provides a structured approach to developing industry products that attract visitors with respect for the environment, culture and heritage of the nation.

A joint venture, with the purpose of providing Guyana with a technological platform to improve monitoring offshore oil exploration and production, has just been created between this Caribbean country and Ghana, it was announced in Georgetown.

The government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana will invest in the start-up of an additional ferry to serve the Essequibo-Parika route with a view to developing that region and increasing tourism, the local press announced.

The initiative received support from within and outside the G20 group of nations and marks a major step forward in advancing the deployment of biofuels through a multi-stakeholder global alliance.

Nature and adventure, culinary products and cultural and heritage experiences are included in the 15 new offers that the GTA will make available to national and foreign vacationers starting next August.

As of the next school year, to begin in September, primary education in Guyana will have Spanish as a compulsory subject, according to an announcement made this week by the president of that Caribbean country, Dr. Irfaan Ali.

The Guyana government Wednesday announced that it would be making Spanish a compulsory subject in schools come September, as well as turning to Cuba to deal with a shortage of nurses in the health care system.

The Joint Venture established between CGX Energy Inc. and Frontera Energy Corporation announced today the discovery of oil in the Wei-1 well, in the Corentyne block, approximately 200 km off the coast of Georgetown, Guyana.

Alex Allen Persaud, a doctor graduated in Cuba in 2013, has just successfully completed his specialization at the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery in Havana, the Guyana embassy in Cuba reported this Friday on its Facebook page.

The government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana plans to improve the educational system established in that nation with a view to better preparing its students for the future.

Caribbean countries can become a niche market for food, even supplying North America, if the right investments are made, Guyana's President Dr. Irfaan Ali said. During a virtual conference of agri-food investors from the Caribbean, held this Tuesday, the Guyanese president added that the subregion, due to its location and its competitive advantages, has a great opportunity to position itself as a high-value specialized market, be it honey, spices, aquaculture, cocoa, coffee, barley, corn, soybeans, fresh fruits, and vegetables.

Guyana's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to grow 25.2 percent this year and 21.2 percent in 2024 as production from new oil fields continues to increase, according to the latest World Bank report.