Cubana at 50: Barbados pledges continued opposition to Cuba embargo

Barbados will continue to press for an end to the economic embargo on Cuba and oppose double standards in the fight against terrorism, Senior Minister Kerrie Symmonds said at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the fatal bombing of Cubana Flight 455.

At an annual wreath-laying ceremony at a monument to the October 6, 1976 crash at Paynes Bay, St James, Symmonds called for an end to double standards in global diplomacy, terrorism and international economic policy.

MP for St. James Central, Senior Minister and Minister of Energy, Business Development and Consumer Affairs Kerrie Symmonds takes a bow at the monument commemorating the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Cubana Flight 455 off the coast of Paynes Bay in St. James. (Photo by: Ricardo Roberts)