is Cuba a failed state?
Cuba was the playground of the United States in the 1950's who recognized the dictator there (Batista) who didn't really care for the freedom of Cubans but instead on making business and turning Havana into the Las Vegas of Latin America.
That was until 1959 when Fidel Castro and his other revolutionaries led a revolution that overthrow Batista and made Cuba a Marxist state.
That was 50 years ago this year!
Cuba has been under direct economic embargo since 1960 by the United States having to pretty much survive on it's own after riding itself of all aspects of American imperialism that infected their country.
But even today it's a better country!
It has one of the best health care and education systems on the planet. The Literacy Campaign of 1960 reduced illiteracy to virtually zero in little over a year.
In just a year after overthrowing an American backed dictator the government begun focusing directly on it's people (now that's a government for the people), and since then Cuba has retained much better services for the people, high education and health care standards to this day prove just that.
The country still has several examples of old automobiles from the pre-revolutionary days of the 1950's that with a bit of care work fine after over fifty years, and they don't even bother importing any other or newer cars to this day, (except some Soviet made Ladas, Moskvitchs and Volgas which were for state use).
There is some optimism that things will change with Cuba with Obama's openness to continue strained relations, however using the Clinton Administration who in the 1990's only made some small concessions on food and medicines but then nevertheless reinforced the economic embargo as an example I wouldn't hold my breath!
That was until 1959 when Fidel Castro and his other revolutionaries led a revolution that overthrow Batista and made Cuba a Marxist state.
That was 50 years ago this year!
Cuba has been under direct economic embargo since 1960 by the United States having to pretty much survive on it's own after riding itself of all aspects of American imperialism that infected their country.
But even today it's a better country!
It has one of the best health care and education systems on the planet. The Literacy Campaign of 1960 reduced illiteracy to virtually zero in little over a year.
In just a year after overthrowing an American backed dictator the government begun focusing directly on it's people (now that's a government for the people), and since then Cuba has retained much better services for the people, high education and health care standards to this day prove just that.
The country still has several examples of old automobiles from the pre-revolutionary days of the 1950's that with a bit of care work fine after over fifty years, and they don't even bother importing any other or newer cars to this day, (except some Soviet made Ladas, Moskvitchs and Volgas which were for state use).
There is some optimism that things will change with Cuba with Obama's openness to continue strained relations, however using the Clinton Administration who in the 1990's only made some small concessions on food and medicines but then nevertheless reinforced the economic embargo as an example I wouldn't hold my breath!
posted by Paul Iddon @ 9:59 PM
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