Monday, July 31, 2006
Ripples of Cuban Governance: 48-Year Stewardship X-rayed
The news making the rounds about the ailing Cuban President, Fidel Castro, who just handed over power to his brother Raul Castro, after a surgery, presents a good oppourtunity for us to x-ray his achievements in government in the last 48 years of "communist dictatorship"
Cuba symbolises "free education" and "free health-care" to the masses in the "third world" countries. Instead of gossiping about his failing health or succession, we choose to x-ray the achievement of the regime as portrayed by the Cuban News Agency (ACN), paddle along with us:
Havana, Jul 26 (ACN) Today at the public ceremony that marks Cuba's National Rebellion Day, President Fidel Castro highlighted the achievements of the eastern province of Granma which has won the venue of this year's celebration.
Talking about them, Fidel pointed out that over 74.000 students from elementary school level benefit from computer courses thanks to the incorporation of over 2,000 computers in educational centers.
He also noted that the audiovisual program for elementary and secondary education includes 7,460 TV sets, 3,581 videos and 5,054 computers. In order to deal with energy issues, 485 schools have been provided with solar panels.
President Castro said 167 of those schools have a roll of only 5 students while 24 have only one child and a teacher. This policy aims to fulfill the revolutionary principle of everybody's right to education.
The Cuban President said that Granma currently has 47,409 university students, that is, three times more than in 1959 at the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
These results are possible thanks to the opening of 54 university branches in the municipalities. In addition, he announced that the unemployment rate has reduced from 10,7 to 1,6 in the past four years.
Fidel pointed out that 454 video rooms have been opened in Granma while another 10 are being built. He also extolled the progress in the constru
The news making the rounds about the ailing Cuban President, Fidel Castro, who just handed over power to his brother Raul Castro, after a surgery, presents a good oppourtunity for us to x-ray his achievements in government in the last 48 years of "communist dictatorship"
Cuba symbolises "free education" and "free health-care" to the masses in the "third world" countries. Instead of gossiping about his failing health or succession, we choose to x-ray the achievement of the regime as portrayed by the Cuban News Agency (ACN), paddle along with us:
Havana, Jul 26 (ACN) Today at the public ceremony that marks Cuba's National Rebellion Day, President Fidel Castro highlighted the achievements of the eastern province of Granma which has won the venue of this year's celebration.
Talking about them, Fidel pointed out that over 74.000 students from elementary school level benefit from computer courses thanks to the incorporation of over 2,000 computers in educational centers.
He also noted that the audiovisual program for elementary and secondary education includes 7,460 TV sets, 3,581 videos and 5,054 computers. In order to deal with energy issues, 485 schools have been provided with solar panels.
President Castro said 167 of those schools have a roll of only 5 students while 24 have only one child and a teacher. This policy aims to fulfill the revolutionary principle of everybody's right to education.
The Cuban President said that Granma currently has 47,409 university students, that is, three times more than in 1959 at the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.
These results are possible thanks to the opening of 54 university branches in the municipalities. In addition, he announced that the unemployment rate has reduced from 10,7 to 1,6 in the past four years.
Fidel pointed out that 454 video rooms have been opened in Granma while another 10 are being built. He also extolled the progress in the constru
