Literacy makes progress in Panama with Cuban method Literacy makes progress in Panama with Cuban method Panama, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) More than 800 Panamanians learned to read and write amid the Covid-19 pandemic with help of the Cuban literacy method 'Yo si puedo' (Yes, I can), the Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) informed on Tuesday. According to the entity, the 'Muevete por Panama, Yo si Puedo' (Move for Panama, Yes, I can) program allowed to teach many adults to read and write in rural areas and indigenous communities in 2020, through innovative learning techniques and with support of 130 volunteer teachers. In its 2020 management report, MIDES refers that the reading and writing lessons were concentrated in Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui, Darien and Panama Oeste provinces, where most of the illiterate people in the country live.