Prensa Latina (Cuba)

La Paz, The northeastern Bolivian department of Pando will today be declared free of illiteracy, the third in that country after Oruro and Santa Cruz in a program that began in 2006.

Cuba reported at the end of the 2007-2008 school year a record of 76,653 university graduates, rising their ranks to over 900,000 after the triumph of the Revolution.

Almost 300 academics and teachers open Tuesday the International Congress on Education and Special Pedagogy, taking place in Cuba until July 18 to adjust actions for the integral attention of children with disorders

The 6th International Congress Universidad 2008, with some 4,000 guests from 50 countries, marked this week in Cuba with a call for higher education and social integration.

To the recent declaration of Chulumani as region free of illiteracy, people in 42 Bolivian municipalities are now added to those who can now know to read and write thanks to the Cuban method "Yes, I can."

Supported by Cuban method "Yo Si Puedo" (Yes, I Can), proven in several countries, Panama is currently carrying out its struggle for culture, to declare the country free of illiteracy by 2009, according to government plans.

Cuban education aims to consolidate the changes being implemented over the past seven years, Education Minister Luis Ignacio Gomez said on Thursday, when expressing his conviction that the ongoing school year will be one of the best.

Mexico, (Prensa Latina) At least 25 of the 113 municipalities of Michoacan State in Mexico have been declared free of illiteracy through the Cuban teaching method "Yo Si Puedo (Yes I Can)."

Havana (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Fidel Castro stated that we have to make the brain cells work if we want to build consciences, so necessary in today"s complex world.

Havana, Apr 30 (Prensa Latina) Students and young people from around the world have condemned the double standard and hypocrisy of the US government in its fight against terrorism.

Everyday we learn about the kidnapping and rape of minor girls.
United Nations (Prensa Latina) Commitments and agreements aimed at ending violence against women and girls received a new boost, after two weeks of heated debates and exchanges at the UN headquarters.

Havana (Prensa Latina) Almost 10,000 art teachers of Cuba work against the decline in the quality of education of identities by hegemonic globalization Saturday.

Havana, (Prensa Latina) Participants at the 10th International Pedagogue 2007 conference, meeting this week in Havana, demanded on Friday that their governments adopt policies favorable to education so as to fulfill UN goals for this sector.

Havana, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) Over 5,200 delegates attending the International Congress "Pedagogia 2007" in this capital are on its second day of deliberations with the slogan "Meeting for the Unity of Teachers."

Havana, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) Three forums and 18 symposiums are part of the many scientific and informational activities in which more than 5,500 delegates are discussing educational problems of significance, at the 2007 International Pedagogue Congress taking place in Havana.