Historic Med School Graduation in Cuba

Havana, Aug 23 (AIN) Bolivian presidential candidate Evo Morales
said the first graduation of the Latin American Medical School
in Havana will be engraved in history.

The leader of the Movement for Socialism congratulated the Cuban
government for the project, which celebrated its first
graduating class of 1,610 last Saturday. He also praised the
Venezuelan government for announcing that it would create a
second such medical school and like the Cuban model, provide
scholarships to Latin Americans, reported Granma newspaper
Tuesday.

Cuba is teaching the world a lesson on solidarity, said Evo
Morales, despite the US economic blockade against the island.

The farm leader said 50 Bolivians who graduated from Cuba’s
medical school will soon be working in their home communities,
places where health care is extremely deficient.

The Bolivian presidential elections are in December of this year
and a victory of Morales is considered a growing possibility,