Cuba ranked 51st in the 2011 Human Development Index, beating Saudi Arabia by 5 spots and Russia by 15. It's infant mortality rate (rated by the CIA World Factbook) is the 39th best in the world, beating Canada by a slim margin and the United States by a huge one. The literacy rate is 99.8% of the total population, compared to 99% in Canada and the US. Cuba is the second highest for education expenditures as a percent of GDP, beating every country in the West.
Now just imagine where the country would be if it hadn't been subjected to an ongoing, decades long, crippling economic embargo by the United States. I don't agree with communism or central planning, but it's clear to see that the socialist aspect of it does work.
Now just imagine where the country would be if it hadn't been subjected to an ongoing, decades long, crippling economic embargo by the United States. I don't agree with communism or central planning, but it's clear to see that the socialist aspect of it does work.
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