During the ceremony of the foundation of the Solidarity Committee with
Cuba and the Cuban Five, the 46th of its kind in El Salvador, Dr. Salvador
Escobar recalled his years as a student at the Havana-based Latin American
School of Medicine (ELAM).

The Cuban ambassador to El Salvador, Pedro Pablo Prada, talked about
brotherhood links between the Salvadorian and the Cuban peoples, which
date back to the independence struggles in the 19th century and have
continued strengthening through history.

Pictures and biographies of Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio
Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez ––internationally know as
the Cuban Five––were exhibited at the entrance of the hall that hosted the
ceremony.

Many Salvadorian youths have been trained in ELAM, including 12
inhabitants of the municipality of Victoria, where the district of Santa
Marta is located.

According to the website of the Cuban Foreign Ministry
(www.cubaminrex.cu), Cuba has also expanded its contribution in El
Salvador in the field of sports by sending several technicians to join the
chess, boxing, handball, wrestling, fencing, taek-wondo, and volleyball
federations there.