Kingston, Jamaica, 26 October 2019. "Nothing can stop the pedagogical legacy that we defend with loyalty and commitment", so stated Cuban teachers during a solemn ceremony held at the Embassy of Cuba in Jamaica.
New teachers recalled important moments in Cuban history and referred to the humanist, internationalist and ethical vocation that has characterizefd, for decades, the work of Cuban collaborators in the most remote places on the planet.
Teachers also raised their voices in an unanimous condemnation of the illegal economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on the Greatest Island in the Antilles, and called for its immediate and unconditional cessation.
"Education is everything, education is to instill values, it is to create an ethic, an attitude towards life". With this quotation from Fidel Castro Ruz, the new brigade of Cuban teachers in the sister nation of Jamaica concluded the ceremony.