Friday, April 02, 2010

College Inc. - Cuban student leaders to visit local universities

College Inc. - Cuban student leaders to visit local universities: Two Cuban student leaders will make the rounds of local universities next week as speakers, the first such exchange permitted by the U.S. government since 2002, according to a news release.

Representing the Federation of University Students will be Yenaivis Fuentes Ascencio, 23, born in Guantanamo, and finishing her undergraduate medical studies in Havana; and Anibal Ramos Socarras, 30, born in Manzanillo, a third-year graduate student in surgery at the University of Granma.

They will speak April 5 at American University, April 6 at the Howard University Law School, April 7 at the Howard College of Arts and Sciences, and April 8 at the University of Maryland and Bowie State.