A Cuban brigade of education experts arrived in Honduras this Tuesday as part of a collaboration agreement signed in July between both nations.
According to report of latin press (PL), the group would be made up of 123 educators and “will help combat the level of illiteracy through the Cuban method “Yo Sí puedo”.
arrived today at #Honduras?? 112 Cuban advisers who will support the implementation of the “Yo sí puedo” literacy program in 128 municipalities of the country. Cooperation deepens #Cuba with the sister nation of Central America. pic.twitter.com/aw9R1SnmaH
— Josefina Vidal (@JosefinaVidalF) December 20, 2022
The educators were received by the former president and current presidential adviser, Manuel Zelaya; also, by the Minister of Education of Honduras, Daniel Esponda.
Last August, the Cuban ambassador in Tegucigalpa, Juan Roberto Loforte, declared that, in addition to the medical specialists hired by the Honduran government, the country would host education experts to help eradicate illiteracy rates, which reach 18% in rural areas.
The diplomat pointed out that the Cubans were not going to teach classes, but rather to advise Honduran educators using the “Yo si puedo” method of literacy.
Cuba has successfully taken this program to several countries. In fact, he was already in Honduras until he was suspended after the coup against Zelaya on June 28, 2009.
In Tegucigalpa, the First Meeting of Political Consultations between both governments is also taking place. They were chaired by the Cuban Vice Minister of Relations Foreign of CubaJosefina Vidal Ferreiro and the Honduran Undersecretary of State for Foreign Policy, Gerardo Torres Zelaya.
Honduras will hire some 80 health specialists from Cuba. Also education experts
According to information from the Foreign Ministry, during the meeting they exchanged on various aspects of the bilateral agenda and reviewed the progress of cooperation projects in sectors of mutual interest such as health, education, transportation and sports.
Cuba and Honduras, under the presidency of Xiomara Castro, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in July to promote exchange and cooperation for the benefit of both peoples.
