MEDICAL, AGRICULTURAL AID FROM CUBA. Cuba is sending at least 55 doctors and other health workers to Suriname, reports Caribbean News Now (June 3, 2011). During President Desi Bouterse's official visit to Cuba a week earlier, both countries agreed to strengthen relations including health, agriculture and sports. Health minister Celsius Waterberg said the country has a severe shortage of skilled nurses, doctors and other medical specialists. Assistant-Director at the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Soeresh Algoe, said Cuba is interested in growing …

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