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11/09/2001 2:35 pm
Chris man I hate to interject into this thread, as I've mostly been an observer, but I feel the need to disagree with you on that Cuba point. After Castro's rebels removed Batista, he instituted huge social changes, such as the building of schools, hospitals, roads, and other public service systems. The Cuban literacy rate is something remarkably high (in the very high 90s)- maybe due to the fact there school is mandatory and university is free- and their health care system is fabulous. Castro's reengineering of Cuba is much like Stalin's two Five Year Plans (complete with the elimination of political opposition), albeit on a much smaller scale.