Cuba Contributes to Success of Youth and Students Festival

By María Elena Álvarez Ponce

Yuniasky Crespo, first Secretary of the Young Communist League of Cuba (UJC),

confirmed Cuba´s commitment and, in particular, of its young generation, of contributing to

the success of the 18th Worldwide Festival of Youth and Students

Reading, an irreplaceable habit

by Isabelle
Photos: Wildy

After observation, reading is the process par excellence to acquire knowledge. No modern teaching method excludes it, because it complements what it is told or observed.

They Say About Reading

Some high school students express their opinions on what they like to or not like to read.

A work that unites peoples

By Yaniuska Macias
Photos: Rodolfo Blanco

Mario confesses he learned more
than Medicine in Cuba

Many expectations accompanied young Mario Izquierdo Hernández on his arrival, six years ago, to the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) from their native Villa El Salvador, in the South of the city of Lima, capital of Peru.

Leonides Blanco Technical College: Agronomy and Much More

by Zenia Regalado

 Photos: Santiago Calero

The students of the technical
college love to play chess.

Over here a rejoicing, over there some people play chess. We arrived at Leonides Blanco Technical Colllege, in San Juan and Martinez, Pinar del Rio, on the day of an important meeting.

Youth in Meteorology in Camaguey: A Vital Force

by Lianet Leandro Lopez

Photo: Rodolfo Blanco Cué

Frank and Jorge with Arredondo

Recently graduated as Bachelor in Meteorology, Frank García and Jorge Rosas are two young men that  see their childhood dreams come true in the center of that specialty, in the province of Camaguey.

 

Women According to Young People

By Isabelle

Photos: Sureidy

Certainly the theme of machismo and the role of the Cuban women in society still out colors and awaken humor in some young people. For some it was irrelevant to talk about the problem, because in Cuba everything is said and determined. To others, Cuba has made progress, and even ratifiy the island as the most advanced country in terms of the solution of women´s problems.

Following a dream… on roller skates

by Charly Morales Valido

Photo: Wildy

Guillermo and Alexander have big dreams.

Although at first glance it may seem otherwise, Guille and Alexander have a lot in common: they are both 18, they are members of the Cuban racing skating team and they dream to win a world medal.

A Woman and a Comedian

by IWC

She is the host in a new TV contest
program for comedian women

Photo: Courtesy of the artist


Very few Cuban women have become popular as comedians, because it persists among many people the idea it is an art only for men. The allegedly "weaker sex" only has right to a secondary role to create couple situations.

However, young Cuban artist Aleanys Jáuregui has managed to break this cliché with her talent, even when she never  imagined her career would take this course.

Healthy Food vs. Fast Food

By Isabelle

Photos courtesy of Yeikel Santos

In Terra Madre 2012C Cuba presented
some brochures on comunitary projects

Hundreds of countries work daily to design strategies to promote a better world. Thus, the promotion of a sustainable agriculture, of healthy feeding processes and with space for everyone are priorities.

 

Opsis Theater: Young People on the Stage

Opsis Theater group of Guantanamo
 is as young as its members.
(Photo: Leonel Escalona)

Will lies in doing and the love you give to things. Opsis Theater is an example of this combination of efforts. Its work shows talent and committment with the stage art.



By Eyder La O Toledano

I Want to Climb Higher

Yarisley does not want to
be obssessed with a certain height..

By Glauber Garcia Lara

Yarisley does not want to be obssessed with a certain height, but she is sure she will get her goal.

Don’t Be the “Airhead” of the Group

We feel sorry for those people who cannot appreciate a good conversation, a book, a movie, a Yanni’s concert, a documentary, a play or a painting. To  achieve that  you must feel the pleasure of feeding the soul. This is the opinion of a young sociologist.

 

By Nancy Pérez Medina

With Love and Responsibility

By Alicia Centelles
Photo: Wildy

This girl, very fluent and with a characteristic look, has developed a very fast career, which began on the big screen and with a difficult role. For those who are amazed of such a dizzy trajectory, Limara Meneses only has an answer: you can achieve everything with love and responsibility.

A Center to Love Your Homeland’s History

By Mercedes Rodriguez Garcia

Photos: Manuel Feria

Young students in Che Square.

"You can not love what you do not know," Aristides Rondon Velazquez assures rightly and moved. He has 45 years of experience as a pedagogue and is a senior specialist in the Center for the Development of Youth (CDJ) Francisco Gómez Toro, affiliated to the Young Communist League in the province of Villa Clara.

Monica Enriches Souls

 

By Nancy Pérez Medina

Mónica (left) with one of her students.

The Magic Shoes ballet company, a community cultural project of Sant Boi Theatre in Marianao, provides spirituality to special children and their families, friends and the public who enjoy the show they offer.

With Young People in All the Seasons of the Year

 By Laura Rodriguez Fuentes

Six days a week, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Station 2000 accompanies the public of all ages and receives the special acknowledgment of the young people, because thinking about them and next to them it stays in all the seasons of the year.

The Pleasure of Researching

By Lubia Ulloa Trujillo
Photos: Osvaldo Gutiérrez

Researching is a fascinating
job to Carlos Eduardo.

When we speak about scientists we often think of adults. However, this adjective is owned also by young people, who constantly challenge questions searching the best solutions.

Three in one

Arian Iznaga Aldiles junto
a su entrenadora Miriam Ferrer
y su guía Yassen Pérez.
(Foto: Elio Miranda)

By Mongui

While Arian Iznaga Aldiles was a good Cuban representative to the Beijing Paralympic Games, the truth is that, as he himself admits, the achievement is due to a harmonic runner-guide–coach relationship.

From the Beautiful Thing and the Bitter Thing

By Sayli Sosa Barceló

Testimony of two of the first people diagnosed with AIDS in the province of Ciego de Avila.