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The XVII Student History Forum ended on Thursday. Chaired by Dr.C. Pedro Luis Basulto Ramirez, secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Committee (PCC, for its Spanish equivalent) at the University of Informatics Sciences (UCI, for its Spanish equivalent), in which the closing ceremony of the academic event took place.

For three days the students of this university honored the defense of our identity and the construction of a revolutionary future.

It was a propitious moment to highlight anniversaries that this year prompted the reunion with the past. The sixty-eighth anniversary of the actions of March 13, 1957 and the honoring of the figure of José Antonio Echevarría; the sixty-third anniversary of the creation of the Union of Young Communists (UJC, , for its Spanish equivalent), among other motivational dates that served as a reference to the Forum.

Ninety-two papers were accredited for the event, of which 73 were presented, representing 79.34% participation. Eight commissions composed of professors and students were created. These issued 23 papers as Mention; 20 were recognized as Outstanding and 14 were rated as Relevant. According to several members of the committee, the papers presented were of outstanding quality.

The results by schools were as follows: the School of Free Technologies obtained five Relevant awards, three Outstanding and five Mentions. The Cybersecurity School obtained one Outstanding and one Mention. The School of Organizational Informatics obtained one Relevant, one Outstanding and two Mentions.

The School of Interactive Technologies obtained three Relevant awards, an equal number of Outstanding awards and six Mentions. The School of Free Technologies received one Relevant, six Outstanding and three Mentions. The School of Computer Sciences and Technologies won four Relevant awards, six Outstanding awards and five Mentions.

In the summary of the event, mention was made of the collateral events held. The high level of representation by schools in the Historical Marathon, Discover the Image, and Facts and Dates was recognized.

The presence of the Hero of the Republic of Cuba René González Sehwerert, who accompanied the inauguration of the event with a fruitful exchange with professors and students, was remembered and applauded. The History Forum showed unity, creativity and the spirit of resistance of the university youth.

Student Víctor Alejandro Santos Oliva called on his fellow students to continue researching with rigor and passion, taking up an emblematic phrase of the eternal leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz: “History does not repeat itself, but it teaches. And those who do not learn from it are condemned to repeat it”.