Kind of highlights what goes on in Cuba. By all accounts (I only went there once, to a beach party in Gitmo!) it has some of the most beautiful beaches and waters. It could be a major tourist attraction of the Caribbean.
But no. Like Venezuela, ideology is more important than food, clothes, shelter, or personal income.
I have known immigrants from both Venezuela and Cuba. One Venezuelan lady who has been in the States for 30+years still has family there. 10 years ago it was obvious what was happening to the government under Hugo Chavez, the same path to “shithole” that Cuba followed. I urged her to get her family (mother and brothers/sisters) out. She could not convince her brothers and sisters to leave because her mama did not want to leave. There are times when you have to overrule your parents and do what’s best for everybody.
The Venezuelan woman kept hoping that the elections would oust Chavez, later Maduro. “Don’t you know they’re rigged?”, I asked.
Still she would travel to the Venezuelan consulate in Miami to vote. It was totally useless.