![]() The result has been that prices have risen 3X. Furthermore, an opening of the economy to market conditions has resulted in a lifting of price controls. You have to stand in line for hours for basic necessities. Workers came from all over the country and worked all week to get one substation running, but the temporary fixes usually only last for a month.įood and medicine has collapsed because of the economic collapse and the embargo preventing Cuba from buying these things on the open market. Nevertheless, the epidemic is hitting them very hard and they have had to expand medical facilities because existing ones were not adequate to cover the problem.īut the new facilities and the overwhelming of the hospitals due to COVID overwhelmed the electricity system. The first, with an efficacy rate of 93%, has just been released for emergency use. The country has made five different COVID vaccines. ![]() Cuba’s rate of saving hospitalized COVID patients is very high despite a serious shortage of drugs. This tiny country, blockaded by the whole world, was able to build their own ventilators. Cuba could not import any ventilators for COVID due to the blockade which covers all medicines and medical supplies and most foods, so they had to build their own. For instance, the electricity plants have not been maintained since 2014 because the embargo prevents the importation of spare parts. So Cuba is not able to engage with the world on a free trade basis at all. and the markups end up being considerable. They have a very hard time importing much of anything due to the embargo and anything they do import has to go through third parties, etc. Cuba’s income has collapsed by 80% due to COVID. The things that the contras want will not solve any problems and their heroes in the US and in the Latin American Right are the ones who caused all these problems in the first place. There are very serious problems in Cuba, but 100% of them have to do with the blockade. In the town where they claimed to take over the Young Communists headquarters, even there, their crowd of 200 was outnumbered by a crowd of 400. Much larger pro-government groups went out to confront he vendepatrias (countrysellers) at every demonstration. In the town where the demonstrations originated, even there, they were not the majority. There were some bourgeois elements in Havana. Most of them were young people, often teenagers, and some were marginal elements, often lumpens, typically criminals or those who refuse to work. Only 10,000 demonstrated all over the island. The people are not with them at all, trust me. Notice to the gusanos rioting now in Cuba. ![]() I have to say that in a lot of ways, Malcolm really as a great man. Malcolm x on anti-castro cubans, aka gusanos, when they complained about him meeting with fidel and expressing solidarity with the cuban revolution /FWUdTeityG US capitalism is pathetic! We’re getting our butt kicked by some tiny, impoverished, blockaded island! If our system is so great, why can’t we beat Cuba? Author Robert Lindsay Posted on AugAugCategories Agricutlure, Capitalism, Caribbean, Cuba, Death, Economics, Education, Health, Higher Education, Illness, Latin America, Medicine, Regional Leave a comment on Cuba, A Failed State? Alt Left: Malcolm X on Gusanos (Worms) or Anti-Castro Cubans We are an order of magnitude wealthier, and they’re beating us in essential health figures. Tell me again how great US capitalism is. There are parts that are so prosperous you would think you were in Europe.Īnd best of all, Cuba is beating the US in life expectancy and infant mortality! Pathetic! Cubans live longer and have less important mortality than we do, a country that is nine times wealthier! Some people are making good money with their small restaurants, especially the ones they set up in their homes or as bed and breakfasts. It has the highest number of agronomists per capita on Earth. Its COVID rate and death rate is the lowest in Latin America. ![]() This tiny island with noting under a total blockade just marketed an excellent Coronavirus vaccine, and it has four more in the pipeline. They still make the best cigars on Earth.Ī very high % of the people have university degrees and advanced degrees. A lot of people now fly there for medical tourism, but the state charges them.Ĭuba is a world leader in the medical technology field, and it competes well against capitalist corporations. The highest rate of physicians to population on Earth.Ī medical system so good that extremely rightwing anti-Communist fanatics all over Latin America gave been flying there for years. They have the best education system in Latin America. President Biden insists that Cuba is a failed state.
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