Cuban Educational Program a Success in Mexico
Over 266,000 Mexicans have been taught to read and write using the Cuban method “Yo si puedo"(Yes, I can), which is currently being implemented in 10 municipalities of that country.
According to Granma newspaper, some 10,500 young voluntary twelfth graders under the supervision of Cuban professors give the classes.
On a visit to Cuba, at the beginning of 2005, the governor of Michoacan, Lazaro Cardenas, praised the Cuban methodology, which has already eliminated illiteracy in some regions.
Thanks to the 3-year-old “Yo si puedo” project, more than one million people were taught to read and write in Venezuela where it was implemented originally.
The Cuban method is also being used in Uruguay, Haiti, Argentina, Honduras, Brazil, New Zealand, among others.
More: vanguardia.co.cu
Mexico-US row over Cuban eviction
The authorities in Mexico say a US-owned hotel in Mexico City may have broken the law by expelling a group of Cuban officials.
The delegation was ordered out of the Hotel Maria Isabel Sheraton last week at the behest of Washington, because of the US embargo against Cuba.
Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez said the US law could not be applied in a third country. Some 30 people held an anti-US rally outside the hotel.
The Cuban government said the incident showed US policy had been affecting other countries.
The Cuban officials were due to meet
Cuban youth delegation continues visit to Mexico
A delegation of Cuban young people who travelled to Mexico to pay tribute to the founder of the Federation of University Students (FEU by its Spanish acronym) of the Island, Julio Antonio Mella, continues to develop an intense program of activities this Wednesday.
On the third day of their stay in Mexico, where Mella was murdered in 1929, the representatives of the FEU, the Young Communists League and the Federation of High School Students will hold a meeting with students from the Bauer College.
They will also make a tour on the historic center of
Protesters mark Cuban revolution anniversary outside US Embassy in Mexico
More than 1,000 people convened in front of the US Embassy in Mexico on Tuesday to mark the 52nd anniversary of the start of the Cuban revolution.
Chanting "Viva Fidel" and braving heavy rain, demonstrators marched down Reform Avenue and erected a makeshift stage in front of the US embassy.
Police blocked traffic for over an hour as demonstrators took turns delivering speeches denouncing a decades-old embargo placed by the United States on Cuba.
On July 26, 1953, Cuban
Lázaro Bruzón Wins International Chess Event in Mexico
Lázaro Bruzón won the annual Carlos Torre Repetto International Chess Tournament that concludes Thursday in the Mexican city of Mérida.
Bruzón, the Cuban national champion and the best-ranked Latin American player with an ELO rating of 2677 units that places him 26th in the world list of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), beat Polish GM Michal Krasenkow (2655).
Playing by the Wimbledom system, Bruzón and Krasenkow tied in the two classical games and in the two rapid games of 10 minutes. Bruzon’s success came in the first of the five-minute tie-break games, in 64
Lázaro Bruzón Wins International Chess Event in Mexico
Lázaro Bruzón won the annual Carlos Torre Repetto International Chess Tournament that concludes Thursday in the Mexican city of Mérida.
Bruzón, the Cuban national champion and the best-ranked Latin American player with an ELO rating of 2677 units that places him 26th in the world list of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), beat Polish GM Michal Krasenkow (2655).
Playing by the Wimbledom system, Bruzón and Krasenkow tied in the two classical games and in the two rapid games of 10 minutes. Bruzon’s success came in the first of the five-minute tie-break games, in
Mexico-Cuba Boost Parliament Diplomacy
Monterrey, Mexico, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) The 8th Meeting of Legislators of Cuba and Mexico agreed to beef up parliamentary diplomacy here in this industrial city.
The Chamber of Deputies VP, Francisco Arroyo, said it must go further that governments and reach levels of "friendship and solidarity," with strong currents of non-intervention and self-determination.
After more than 100 years of diplomatic relations,chief of the Cuban delegation Ramón Pez Ferro said his group is moved by a spirit of cooperation and respect of sovereignty and the right of people to select the political, economic and social system they wish.
The Cuban
Cuba and Mexico Boost Parliamentary Diplomacy
The 8th Meeting of Legislators from Cuba and Mexico agreed to increase parliamentary diplomacy during a meeting in Monterrey, Mexico.
The Chamber of Deputies Vice President, Francisco Arroyo, said that both sides should increase its levels of "friendship and solidarity," with strong currents of non-intervention and self-determination.
After more than 100 years of diplomatic relations, the chief of the Cuban delegation Ramón Pez Ferro said his group is moved by a spirit of cooperation and respect of sovereignty and the right of people to select the political, economic and social system they wish.
The Cuban legislator ratified his
Anti-US protest blocks hotel in Mexico City
Protesters waving Cuban flags blocked the entrance to a US-owned Sheraton hotel in Mexico City yesterday, calling for it to be closed because it evicted Cuban officials on orders from Washington.
About 30 people shouted "Yankees out" as they demonstrated outside the hotel over its eviction of the 16 Cubans who were staying there last week for a conference with US energy companies.
Presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar said Mexico was looking into the evictions and would apply the full force of the law against the Sheraton if a crime had been committed.
"It
Everlast Worldwide Inc. to Introduce Watches in Mexico
Everlast(R) Worldwide Inc.
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apparel under the Everlast brand name, today announced that it has expanded
its relationship with Slace, S.A. de C.V. of Anahuac, Mexico by signing a
licensing agreement for the launch of Everlast-branded watches in Mexico.
Slace currently serves as Everlast's licensee for athletic and casual footwear
and men's and women's underwear in Mexico. Watches produced by Slace will be
sold through department, watch and jewelry stores.
George Q Horowitz, chairman and CEO of Everlast Worldwide Inc., said, "Our
licensing program continues to gain momentum.
China, Mexico sign cultural development agreement
The governments of Mexico and China on Tuesday signed an agreement to promote the teaching of the Chinese language and culture in Mexico through a series of teaching institutions named after Chinese philosopher Confucius.
Mexican Education Secretary Reyes Tamez and his Chinese counterpart Zhou Ji signed the agreement at the sidelines of the sixth meeting of the E-9 ministers of education, in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey.
The four Confucius centers will be built at Mexico city's National Autonomous University, the country's largest educational institution, and the autonomous universities of Yucatan, Guadelajara and
