[lbo-talk] Counterpunch on the Leo Casey Letter

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Bear in mind that wherever Cuba started out (and it helps if you start out ahead!), it has maintained its position despite 40 years of blockade and (now) more than a decade without Soviet support; it is a small island nation with a fraction of the resources of Mexico, Brazil, Maylasia, or Argentina, and is far more egalitarian than any of these, as well as far safer than Columbia. Fonally, you have to ask what would happen to Cuba were the revolution to be replaced bya US proconsulate. There, you look not to Mexico but to Nicaragua or Panama, two recent recipients of US regime change. jks
Ulhas Joglekar <uvj at vsnl.com> wrote:Luke Weiger:


>> Cuba has done a fabuloous job of improving people's life chances


>Has it? I used to believe that Cuba's amazing regional leads in >various
>social indicators were due to socialism, but I think I read on this very
>list >that they were already way out in front before Castro came to power.

Cuba's achievements are admirable, but there are other comparable
indicators. UNDP's global HDI ranks for 2002 show Mexico (54), Cuba (55),
Malaysia (59). Colombia (68) and Brazil (73) are not too far behind Cuba.
Argentina is placed 34th rank despite the recent crisis.

Ulhas

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