Cuba–Trinidad and Tobago relations Maxwell Richards, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and some of her government members. Cuba–Trinidad and Tobago relations Cuba–Trinidad and Tobago relations are bilateral relations with current relationship between Republic of Cuba and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Both nations formally established diplomatic relations on the 8 December 1972. On the seventh to the eighth of December 2011, Trinidad and Tobago hosted the 7th CARICOM-Cuba Summit in the city of Port of Spain at the Northern National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA). The Cuban President, Raúl Castro arrived in Piarco International Airport, Trinidad on the 6 December 2011, at about
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Flag of Trinidad and Tobago The flag of Trinidad and Tobago was adopted upon independence from the United Kingdom on 31 August 1962. Designed by Carlisle Chang (1921–2001), the flag of Trinidad and Tobago was chosen by the independence committee of 1962. Red, black and white symbolise fire (the sun, representing courage), earth (representing dedication) and water (representing purity and equality). The flag of Trinidad and Tobago is a red field with a white-edged black diagonal band from the upper hoist-side to the lower fly-side. In blazon, "Gules, a bend Sable fimbriated Argent". The width of the white stripes is