Ciência em Cuba: uma aposta pela soberania

Abstract

On January 15, 1960, Fidel Castro Ruz, then prime minister of the Revolutionary Government, said that Cuba's future would necessarily have to be a future of men of science, a future of men of thought. Half a century after this prophetic announcement, the Caribbean island is a country of researchers, specialists and highly skilled workers, boasting one of the world's most important biotechnological industries, with achievements comparable to those of leading nations in this field of knowledge. Now, scientific activity in Cuba is on the way to becoming a powerful productive force, bringing in considerable foreign currency and generating greater well-being for society.