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05-21-2009, 04:00 PM
President Leonel Fernandez was at the University of Salamanca in Spain yesterday for the award of 209 scholarships to students from 20 Latin American countries. Twenty-three Dominicans will carry out Masters studies, benefiting from the program. The program is the International Scholarships of the Universidad de Salamanca-Banco Santander, and is regarded as the most important in the world implemented by a university for the academic, scientific, technological and cultural development of Latin America. At the event, President Leonel Fernandez spoke on the importance of higher learning in Latin America. The program started in 2008 with 165 scholarships.
At the University of Salamanca, President Fernandez was awarded the title of "Consiliario de Honor" by Rector Jose Ramon Alonso in a ceremony at the Casa Museo Unamuno on 20 May. In a ceremony officiated in Latin, Alonso honored President Fernandez with the "centenarian symbol of those who came before us through eight centuries of work in favor of science and wisdom".
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At the University of Salamanca, President Fernandez was awarded the title of "Consiliario de Honor" by Rector Jose Ramon Alonso in a ceremony at the Casa Museo Unamuno on 20 May. In a ceremony officiated in Latin, Alonso honored President Fernandez with the "centenarian symbol of those who came before us through eight centuries of work in favor of science and wisdom".
www.usal.es/webusal/node/1868 (http://www.usal.es/webusal/node/1868)
www.usal.es/webusal/node/1859 (http://www.usal.es/webusal/node/1859)
www.presidencia.gob.do/app/article.aspx?id=10900 (http://www.presidencia.gob.do/app/article.aspx?id=10900)
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