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
Saint Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago Saint Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago St. Joseph was founded in 1592 by Antonio de Berrio and is the oldest town in Trinidad and Tobago. Originally named San José de Oruña, it served as the capital of Spanish Trinidad between 1592 and 1783. In 1595 the place was attacked and held by Sir Walter Raleigh and was used as a base for his exploration of the Orinoco river in search of the fabled city of El Dorado. Soon after his return the place was burnt and sacked. St. Joseph is not an incorporated municipality. It falls within the San Juan–Laventille Regional