The Minister of Education of Cuba, Dr. Fernando Vecino Alegret was the key man in the ground breaking ceremony of a polytechnic school in Ban? to be funded by Cuban moneys as promised by Cuban president Fidel Castro during his visit to the DR last year. Cuba’s independence movement leader, M?ximo G?mez is from Ban?. The polytechnic had been offered in the early 90s to honor the Dominican military hero. When Castro visited in August 1998, he reiterated the school would be built.
