HAVANA—Some 70 students at the Latin American School of Medicine (known here by its Spanish initials, ELAM) participated Feb. 26 in an exchange—pictured above—with socialist workers from the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The visit was organized by Cuba’s Union of Young Communists (UJC). The pre-med and first-year students at the meeting heard about several books recently published by Pathfinder Press. The socialists described how working people, especially those engaged in struggles in the United States and other countries against the bosses’ drive to increase their profits and competitive position, are more open to the example of the Cuban Revolution than ever before. Students at ELAM are provided with fully funded six-year scholarships. The youth come from across the Americas, including the U.S., as well as from Africa, Asia and the Pacific. More than 15,000 students from some 120 different countries are enrolled in this medical program in Cuba.

—RÓGER CALERO AND TOM BAUMANN