Ena Elsa Velázquez, who last April was removed from her position as Minister of Education, is now the head of the Cuban Educational Mission in Equatorial Guinea.
Ena Elsa, who upon being dismissed left her ministry with serious problems of teaching coverage,schools falling apart andstudent violence, went on to coordinate the activity in the African country.
A publication inFacebook of the Cuban educational brigade shows a tour of the leader through a Guinean province, where she exchanged with Cuban collaborators, a "meeting with very positive results."
The former minister herself, on her Twitter account, has shared photos of her meeting with the Cuban teachers who are in the city of Baney.
In another tweet, he commented on the "excellent meeting" with several Guineans who studied careers such as Medicine, Pedagogy or Telecommunications at Cuban universities.
"It's exciting how they remember Fidel, their teachers, the FEU, they have thousands of anecdotes about baseball and Cuba's battle for Elián's return," he wrote.
Ena Elsa Velázquez was removed from her position in April, after 15 years in office. However, although he is well beyond retirement age (he is 66 years old), he continues working abroad.
The same one who once said that "Those who do not live in Cuba do not have the right to criticize us", remains within the apparatus of power, but now far from the pressure of directing a ministry that has lost all its glory, but remains key in the regime's propaganda.
Her dismissal was not explained to public opinion, despite being a well-known leader who caused more than one controversy with her statements. On one occasion, he stated at the Round Table thatThose who "criticize the regime on the networks do so for money."
On April 19, when presenting his cabinet of ministers for the current legislature,Miguel Díaz-Canel did not include his name as head of Education. The next day, the government officially named Naima Ariatne Trujillo Barreto as the new minister.
Education in Cuba is going through an unprecedented crisis.
The sector has suffered a serious exodus of teachers, who leave the profession fed up with low salaries, rigid study programs, the strong demands on them "from above", the poor material conditions of many schools and often having to deal with with students (and their families) from dysfunctional homes and a low social stratum.
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