The XV Central American and XIII Caribbean Chemistry Olympiad (OCCQ) Cuba 2022 was inaugurated this Monday morning at the University of Informatics Sciences, with the presence of the MSc. Cira Piñeiro Alonso, first deputy minister of the Cuban Ministry of Education (Mined); the Rector of the University of Computer Science (UCI), DrC. Raydel Montesino Perurena; the general director of Secondary Education, Dr.C Liem O'Farrill, and the president of the Scientific Committee, DrC. Nilda Delgado Yanes.

Photo: Yuliet Gutierrez

The capital is hosting this academic event for the second time, which will be held until November 19 in the online mode from the University of Informatics Science, located in the municipality of La Lisa.

Pre-university students Daniel Alejandro González Guzmán, Royman Ramos Pérez, Erick Jordan Abreu and Diego Armando Ramírez, together with their two professors Rolando Alfonso Valdés and Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez make up the Cuban delegation that on this occasion will measure knowledge before representatives of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Cuba, and Panama, as an observer.

In the first row are the Cuban contestants with their coaches. Photo: Yuliet Gutierrez

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