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He’s on his 11th year in office - but Prime Minister Dean Barrow is just making his first official visit - with all the bells and whistles - to Cuba, which is one of Belize’s strongest allies.  And yesterday, he completed a rite of passage for pretty much every foreign leader who visits the island state, he laid a wreath at the tomb of independence hero Jose Marti. 

Prime Minister Barrow is the guest of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel - who is the first person not named Castro to lead Cuba since 1959.  Both sides had a meeting after yesterday’s wreath laying.   According to a release form Belize’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Barrow thanked the Cuban Government for its support to Belize since gaining independence in 1981.

The release adds that the delegations “discussed…areas of bilateral cooperation including strengthening tourism, expanding agricultural cooperation, and continuing support in the areas of sports, education, and healthâ€￾ with the Cuban medical brigade. President Díaz-Canel said he would look into expanding these programs.