Bob Boughton
Back to the Future?: Timor-Leste, Cuba and the return of the mass literacy campaign
december 2005 eleven cuban educational advisers arrived timorleste begin work national literacy campaign adapting program known latin america yo puedo yes cubans trained 400 local tutors run classes every part country using method call alphanumeric delivered via audiovisual technology campaign launched march 2007 first classes began june year september 2010 three years later 70000 adults one fifth total illiterate population successfully completed thirteen week basic literacy course drawing original research undertaken timorleste 2004 2009 followed investigations may 2010 havana cuba paper describes timorleste campaign locating within historical commitment countrys independence movement adult literacy broader context cubas international literacy work