From May 29th to June 4th, 2017 a FIDE Arbiters´ Seminar was organized in Varadero City, Matanzas, Cuba, under the auspices of FIDE.
The lecturer was IA Barbara Lopez Chavez Marino (CUB). FIDE Lecturer and Assistant lecturer was IA Roquelina Fandino Reyes (CUB) and IA Josep Maria Benitez Delgado (ESP).
The lectures were given in Spanish language.
Sixteen (16) people from Cuba and Ecuador participated in the Seminar.
All of the participants took an examination test that was held at the end of the lectures. The following succeeded in the test and will be awarded a norm for the FIDE Arbiter title and after the approval of the next FIDE Presidential Board or Congress:
| NAME | FED |
| Tania Miranda Rodríguez | CUB |
| Lester Soto Olivera | CUB |
| Alfredo Ochoa Feria | CUB |
| Ibrahim García Beltrán | CUB |
| Marbelis Pérez Mujica | CUB |
| Jorge Luis González Domínguez | CUB |
IA Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission