Cuban Literacy Campaign
Cuba's literacy campaign was launched shortly after the cuban revolution of 1959, which brought fidel castro to power. The campaign addressed wiping out illiteracy in. In 1961 over 100,000 young students, over half of the them young women, volunteered to become conrado benitez brigadistas, leaving home and traveling to the countryside to participate in. In 1986, 27 years after its revolution, cubas highest flag is still the banner of education. Appearing before the general assembly of the united nations in september, 1960, cuban president fidel castro announced his plans to build a society characterized by equitable.
