[Marduk]

"Or with similar increases following the cuban revolution."

I am familiar with the increases in Stalin's regime but do you have any links showing the increase after the Cuban revolution? in 1959 Cuba was the wealthiest country in the Caribbean. In 2001 it is the second poorest, after Haiti. In fact, I think now it is the second poorest in the entire Western Hemisphere.

[gfactor]

compare cuban life expectancy,literacy and egalitarianism to its neighbors,say haiti, or the dominican republic, or to countries with comparable economic indicators.