{"id":14026,"date":"2020-03-23T11:25:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T15:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hets.org\/?p=14026"},"modified":"2020-03-23T11:25:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T15:25:57","slug":"honoring-the-memory-of-a-visionary-man-jose-maria-anton-virtual-educas-general-secretariat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hets.org\/newdesign\/honoring-the-memory-of-a-visionary-man-jose-maria-anton-virtual-educas-general-secretariat\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring the memory of a visionary man: Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Ant\u00f3n, Virtual Educa\u2019s General Secretariat."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13005\" style=\"width: 373px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13005 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/hets.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Acuerdo_Virtual-Educa_Feb2019-373x280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"280\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: Yubelkys Montalvo, Manuel J. Fern\u00f3s, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Ant\u00f3n, Suleira Qui\u00f1onez during the Collaboration Agreement signed between HETS and Virtual Educa on February 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We regret to share that Virtual Educa\u2019s General Secretariat, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Ant\u00f3n died of coronavirus on Saturday in Spain. The previous week he had tested positive for Covid-19 and entered intensive care and pass away last Saturday March 21<sup>st<\/sup>. We are deeply sad with his loss and would like to honor his memory and highlight his leadership and commitment with education. As a visionary man and exceptional professional, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Ant\u00f3n always promoted programs and initiatives for innovation in Education, as basic mechanisms for sustainable development and social transformation, especially in the Americas Latin America and the Caribbean. His guidance and important role will be deeply missed, precisely in this new academic scenario that we are living now, that he was totally committed to.<\/p>\n<p>As a very important partner, HETS will continue the collaboration with Virtual Educa signed on February 2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/hets.org\/el-consorcio-hets-y-virtual-educa-unen-esfuerzos-para-colaborar-en-proyectos-con-entidades-de-paises-de-america-latina-y-el-caribe\/\">click here<\/a> to learn more). This agreement allows us join efforts to develop projects that link entities from Latin American, Caribbean countries and with related agencies in other regions of the world. Although Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda leadership will be enormously missed, we will follow his example and continue his legacy. We send our thoughts to his family, our colleagues from Virtual Educa and all the ones who had the opportunity to work with him or meet him. Rest in peace. To read the official news visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/virtualeduca.org\/mediacenter\/comunicado-oficial-de-virtual-educa-sobre-el-fallecimiento-de-jose-maria-anton\/\">https:\/\/virtualeduca.org\/mediacenter\/comunicado-oficial-de-virtual-educa-sobre-el-fallecimiento-de-jose-maria-anton\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We regret to share that Virtual Educa\u2019s General Secretariat, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Ant\u00f3n died of coronavirus on Saturday in Spain. The previous week he had tested positive for Covid-19 and entered intensive care and pass away last Saturday March 21st. We are deeply sad with his loss and would like to honor his memory and highlight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":13005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,28],"tags":[139,194,219,261,442],"class_list":{"0":"post-14026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hets-news","8":"category-whats-new","9":"tag-covid19","10":"tag-generalsecretariat","11":"tag-hetsorg","12":"tag-josemariaanton","13":"tag-virtualeduca","14":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"rcontreras","author_link":"https:\/\/hets.org\/newdesign\/author\/rcontreras\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/newdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/newdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/newdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/newdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/newdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/newdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/newdesign\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/newdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/newdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hets.org\/newdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}