Education

3 November, 2022 US blockade causes millions in damage to communications in Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- The economic damage of the United States blockade against Cuba to communications, information technology and telecommunications from January to July 2021 amounted to 37,520,578 dollars, it was reported on Wednesday. This amount, published on the website of the Cuban Ministry of Communications, is associated with the limitations or prohibitions on supplies of technologies […]

2 November, 2022 Solidarity with Cuba in Italy reaffirms support for that country

Rome, Cuba.- Noemi Rabaza, First Vice-President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), met in her nation’s Embassy in Italy with representatives of groups that are members of the movement of solidarity with Cuba. Rabaza said that her visit to this country, accompanied by ICAP’s director for Europe, Rigoberto Zarza, aims to […]

25 October, 2022 Students in Cuba’s western province opt for higher education

Matanzas, Cuba.- More than two thousand students graduated from twelfth grade in the western territory of Matanzas opt for higher education, reported the head of the Department of Admission and Job Placement of Matanzas University (UM), Karel Martinez. A total of 2,035 students in Matanzas applied for university careers by filling out and validating their […]

24 October, 2022 Venezuelan state legislature condemns US blockade against Cuba

Caracas, Venezuela.- The Municipal Council of Carirubana, in the state of Falcon, in western Venezuela, agreed to express solidarity to the Cuban people and condemn the United States economic blockade against the Caribbean island, according to reports from Caracas on Sunday. At the ordinary session held on Tuesday, October 18, the legislative body rejected “the […]

17 October, 2022 A tailwind for recreational boating in Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- Cuba has excellent natural conditions and a growing infrastructure to make a strong impact on the world market of recreational boating, Commodore Jose M. Diaz Escrich stressed. The main director of the Club Nautico Hemingway of Cuba is convinced of this and leads a good group of people who dedicated all their lives […]

7 October, 2022 Ibero-American Congress of Decima and Verse winds up in Cuba

Havana, Cuba.- After three days of academic exchanges, concerts, traditional “guateques” (Cuban rural parties), and tributes, the first edition of the Ibero-American Congress of Decima and Improvised Verse winds up in Havana on Friday. Dedicated to poet Jesús Orta Ruíz, better known as El Indio Naborí, on his 100th anniversary of his birth, repentistas (folk […]

3 October, 2022 La Jornada calls for President Joe Biden to lift U.S. blockade

Mexico City, Mexico.- Mexico’s La Jornada newspaper on Sunday echoed a demand by U.S. activists to President Joe Biden to temporarily lift the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba. Americans are asking President Biden to enable Cuba to receive necessary building materials following the passage of Hurricane Ian, which left serious material damages and […]

22 September, 2022 Solidarity movement of Venezuela sends donation to Cuba

Caracas, Venezuela.- The Venezuela-Cuba Friendship and Mutual Solidarity Movement today sent a shipment of medical and school supplies to the Caribbean island, announced the general coordinator of the organization, Yhonny García. At a press conference to announce the call for the XII National Meeting of Solidarity with the largest of the Antilles, García indicated that […]

6 September, 2022 Cuba resumes school year for all education levels

Havana, Cuba.- More than 1,697,000 general education students and around 280,000 university students are returning to classes on Monday to resume the 2021-2022 school year in Cuba. Despite the adverse economic situation the country is going through, the essential resources are available for the school year, Education Minister Ena Elsa Velázquez and Higher Education Minister […]

11 August, 2022 Young Colombians thank for studying in Cuba

Bogota, Colombia.- Young Colombians who are studying at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Cuba and those graduates of that educational institution have expressed their gratitude for the opportunity to be trained as professionals and better human beings. During the second meeting of the academic-cultural week “Fidel entre Nosotros” (Fidel among Us), held […]