Havana, Aug. 26 (Prensa Latina) The 16 new members of the Cuban Educational Brigade in Jamaica began the orientation process yesterday, prior to their incorporation into the 2025-2026 academic year, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated today.
The teachers will join public schools in various regions of Jamaica, joining the contingent present on the English-speaking island for 28 years.
According to the Foreign Ministry’s statement, the professionals met with the Cuban ambassador to Jamaica, Fermín Quiñones, and officials from that nation’s Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information.
The directors, the text adds, “recognized the work carried out by Cuban collaborators in schools at different educational levels throughout Jamaica, as well as their impact on students.”
For his part, in his speech, Quiñones “highlighted the imprint of the ideals of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz (historic leader of the Cuban Revolution) on the cooperation that Cuba offers to other peoples around the world*.
He highlighted the scholarship program and the construction of educational centers for Jamaican youth, as well as “the launch of the Bilateral Education Program in 1997 under Fidel’s undisputed leadership, as examples of brotherhood between the two nations.”
He reaffirmed the “commitment of the Cuban people and government to maintain and continue expanding cooperation, despite the complex situation facing Cuba.”
He also condemned the “cruel and criminal blockade (by the United States government) and the island’s continued inclusion on the illegal list of countries that supposedly sponsor terrorism, through which US imperialism seeks to destroy the work accomplished and the most genuine dreams of social justice of an entire people.”
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