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Due to Lack of Teachers, Several Subjects Are Not Being Taught Two Months After the School Year Began in Cuba

14ymedio, Madrid, 23 October 2023 — It has been almost two months since the official start of the school year in Cuba, and in some schools the first class in some subjects has not yet been given due to the lack of teachers. The situation is not new in a country that has been suffering … Continue reading “Due to Lack of Teachers, Several Subjects Are Not Being Taught Two Months After the School Year Began in Cuba”

Honduras President Xiomara Castro and Cuba’s Minister of Education Discuss ‘Yes I Can’ Literacy Program

14ymedio, Havana, 14 April 2023 — The President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, received the Minister of Education of Cuba, Ena Elsa Velázquez, on Thursday, with whom she spoke about the “technical and scientific” support that the Island is providing to the Central American country to eradicate illiteracy through the program Yo sí puedo [Yes I Can]. … Continue reading “Honduras President Xiomara Castro and Cuba’s Minister of Education Discuss ‘Yes I Can’ Literacy Program”

‘It’s Not for Solidarity That Cuba Sells Its Expensive Teacher Program to Honduras’

14ymedio, Madrid, 29 March 2023 — The 123 Cuban teachers who will train teachers in Honduras will cost that country approximately 406 dollars a month, according to the Honduran newspaper El Heraldo on Wednesday in an article in which several analysts describe the investment on the part of one of the poorest countries on the … Continue reading “‘It’s Not for Solidarity That Cuba Sells Its Expensive Teacher Program to Honduras’”

Bringing in Cuban Teachers is ‘Ideological Interference’ Denounces the Honduran Opposition

14ymedio, Havana, 13 January 2023 — The National Party of Honduras (PNH) described the hiring of 123 Cuban professionals in Education by the Government of Xiomara Castro as ideological interference. The opposition denounced that the objectives are “doubtful” and questioned the lack of transparency in the disclosure of the terms of the contracts. The Honduran government signed a … Continue reading “Bringing in Cuban Teachers is ‘Ideological Interference’ Denounces the Honduran Opposition”

Honduras Hires Cuba’s Services to ‘Rebuild’ Its Education System

14ymedio, Olea Gallardo, Havana, 2 January 2023 — Honduras will receive 10 Cuban “high-level education professionals” to help develop a new academic curriculum design that “will completely change the educational model.” This was reported by the Government of Tegucigalpa after the signing of an agreement between the two countries, last Tuesday. The agreement will last for … Continue reading “Honduras Hires Cuba’s Services to ‘Rebuild’ Its Education System”

Jamaica Prosecutes 10 Cuban Rafters Who Landed in a Luxury Hotel

14ymedio, Havana, 8 January 2024 — A group of 10 Cuban rafters has been detained since January 4 in Jamaica for illegally entering the country. The migrants are waiting for a second hearing, next Thursday, before the Duncans Parish Court. In the first hearing, they pleaded “not guilty” before Judge Paula Hall, according to the … Continue reading “Jamaica Prosecutes 10 Cuban Rafters Who Landed in a Luxury Hotel”

Books Arrive at Cuban Schools in the Middle of the Semester

14ymedio, Havana, December 7, 2023 — The so-called Third Improvement – an attempt to update the Cuban educational system and its institutions – did not reach the classrooms of Matanzas and Camagüey until this December, when the school year was about to finish its first semester. The new textbooks, which have been delivered to very … Continue reading “Books Arrive at Cuban Schools in the Middle of the Semester”

Cubanos ‘Go Home’

14ymedio, Joaquín Villalobos, 21 February 2019 — In July of 1968 I finished my baccalaureate in a Catholic school with a professor who was a soldier for the dictator Francisco Franco. The students had to go to receive Lyndon Johnson, president of the United States, who visited the country. It was the first time I … Continue reading “Cubanos ‘Go Home’”