Honorary Doctorate Given to Fidel Castro

Havana, Dec 3, (RHC-ACN).- The Jose Antonio Echeverria University (CUJAE) in Havana awarded the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, with the Honoris Causa Doctorate during a ceremony held on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the foundation of the educational center.

Cuban Vice President Jose Ramon Fernandez received the award from Alicia Alonso, rector of higher education center, on behalf of Fidel, “who is a substantial part of CUJAE’s history.”

Alonso said that several generations of students who have contributed to the country’s economic and social development have graduated from this center. “Our thanks to Fidel for making the dream of student leader Jose Antonio Echeverria come true, for being the teacher forging the new generations of Cubans, for promoting everything that can lift up the dignity and development of human beings.”

Higher Education Minister Miguel Diaz-Canel called on the institution’s students and workers to put all of their potential into looking for an alternative in increasing productivity and reducing imports.

Also present at the ceremony were Computer Sciences and Communications Minister, Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes; Vice President of the Cuban National Assembly, Jaime Crombet; First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party in Havana, Lazara Mercedes Lopez; and representatives from the diplomatic corps accredited to Cuba.