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• 12 / 14 / 2006

MES Collaboration director Raul Hernandez, also told "Juventud Rebelde" newspaper that over 47,000 foreign students have graduated from Cuban university institutions since 1961.

The information was revealed on occasion of an international workshop to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the creation of the University in Granma, located 455 miles east of Havana.

Cuba's collaboration with Third World countries is not only limited to universities, because over 10 nations apply the literacy Cuban method "Yo Si Puedo" (Yes, I Can), with the island's academics.

Experts from Mexico, Spain, Ecuador and Germany attended the workshop, which was part of celebrations for the foundation of the ancient Higher Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Bayamo, created in December 1976.

Source: Prensa Latina