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Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina (ELAM - Latin American College of Medicine)

Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina (ELAM - Latin American College of Medicine) was created in the 1999 by President Fidel Castro. The first class graduated in 2005. Each class has 1,500 students. ELAM is located in Santa Fé, north-east of La Havana, on grounds formerly owned by the Naval Academy "Granma". ELAM websit is at <www.elacm.sld.cu>.
The flag of ELAM is white with an emblem made of two white hands outlined in green holding the Earth, white outlined in red. Central and South America is shown in plain red on the Earth, while Cuba is shown in plain green. There is a Rod of Ascelpius emerging from Cuba, with the staff red and the snake green. Below the emblem is written: ESCUELA LATINOAMARICANA DE MEDICINA (in red) CUBA (in green). Image at <www.elacm.sld.cu>.
The coat of arms of ELAM has nearly nothing to do with the emblem shown on the flag.
Ivan Sache, 7 February 2008


Cuban Naval Academy / Granma Naval Academy

Cuban Naval Academy (1916-1959)

image by Miles Li, 10 February 2023

Granma Naval Academy (since 1959)

image by Miles Li, 10 February 2023

The Cuban Naval Academy was founded in 1916; it received the honorary title "Granma" in 1959, after the yacht Granma which carried Fidel Castro and 81 other expeditionaries from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 during the Cuban Revolution.

Uniquely among organizational flags of the Cuban military, the flag of the academy has the proportions of 1:2 and has no fringe, although until at least 1959 it had white-and-blue cord and tassels. However like all other parade flags of the Cuban military, the flag of the academy is carried on a brown flagpole with a brass spearhead finial.

Miles Li, 10 February 2023