SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- Four Cuban students who competed in the XVII Ibero-American Biology Olympiadheld in Havana from September 8 to 13, won medals, including three gold.
For the second consecutive year, students from Cuba took first place in the Ibero-American Biology Olympiad (OIAB), an annual competition for pre-university students from Ibero-American countries, according to the Ministry of Education’s social media accounts.
The young Christian Dario Blanco Hernandez, from the Federico Engels Pre-University Institute of Exact Sciences (IPVCE); Elio M. Rodriguez Rivero, from the Ernesto Guevara IPVCE and Cristian A. Barrero Hernandez, from the Antonio Maceo IPVCE, they obtained gold medal.
Meanwhile, Analis Ramírez Castillo, from IPVCE Eusebio Oliveira, deserved the silver medal.
Despite the poor conditions of the pre-university facilities and the poor food received, the indoctrination and persecution Against those who differ from the regime, students and their teachers transcend these spaces by imposing their personal will. In most cases, parents try, with great effort, to guarantee their children a quality education.
The Ibero-American Biology Olympiad The event was attended by participants from South America, Central America, Portugal and Spain. The first edition was held in Mexico in 2007.
At this event, the participating countries had a delegation made up of a maximum of four students, who had to be in high school or have finished high school and not be in university. They were accompanied at the competition by two teachers, who acted as head of the delegation (leader and co-leader) and formed part of the jury.
The delegations’ stay in Havana was covered by the Cuban Ministry of Education in terms of accommodation, food and transportation within the city, according to the event’s website.
Registration for Participants international had a value of 40 dollars for each participant.
The closing ceremony, which took place on Friday night, included a dinner and a show at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba.
Last year, in the Olympiad Central American and Caribbean Biology (OLCECAB), pre-university students won three silver medals and one gold medal, according to the report press official.
Cristian Alejandro Barrero Hernández, from the Pre-University Institute of Exact Sciences (IPVCE) Antonio Maceo, from Santiago de Cubawon the gold medal. Richard Fernando Ocaña Pascual, from the Cuqui Bosch Pre-University Institute, in the same province, won one of the two silver medals.
For his part, Frank David Hourruitiner Arma, from IPVCE Vladimir Ilich Lenin, from Havanaand Lester Enrique Palacios Hernández, from the IPVCE Federico Engels, from Pine Forest of the Riverwon the other two silver medals.
