[lbo-talk] Luke Weiger : The Cuba/Haiti comparison has already been discussed on this list within the last 1 1/2 years (I don't think you were around at the time). In any event, it's not particularly compelling because Cuba was already much better off (according to indicators such as life expectancy and literacy) than Haiti before Castro came to power.
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CB: I believe most of the heavy industry and economic good stuff was in West Germany before the division of Germany, messing up that comparison too.