The reestablishment of a free exchange of knowledge, experiences and
                   achievements is the desire and aspiration of Cuban scientists, and it is also
                   in the best interest and in the honest consciousness of a constantly
                   growing number of professionals from the scientific community in the
                   United States.

                   Dr. Ismael Clark, president of the Cuban Academy of Science, confirmed
                   that fact in his closing remarks at the 2nd Cuba-U.S. Biological Psychiatry
                   Workshop, which took place over five days at Havana’s Hotel Nacional and
                   involved distinguished researchers and professors from both countries.

                   He qualified the conference as a unique opportunity for opening new
                   horizons for mutually beneficial collaboration in neuroscience, and noted
                   the environment of mutual respect, camaraderie and fraternity that
                   characterized discussions during the event.

                   Dr. Charles Nemeroff, head of the Faculty of Psychiatry at the University
                   of Emory, Atlanta, expressed his hope that the current barriers to
                   cooperation will be eradicated, thus permitting cooperative advances
                   toward the common goal of preventing neuropsychiatric disorders and
                   developing more effective treatments against them.

                   After the closing ceremony, Professor Nemeroff and Dr. Mark Rasenik,
                   director of the neuroscience program at the University of Illinois, gave a
                   press conference praising the results of the multidisciplinary study of
                   people with disabilities undertaken in Cuba, and emphasizing Cuba’s
                   leadership in prevention, a genuine model for the rest of the world.