CUBA BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION

To those wondering about the so-called "achievements" of the revolution there is some data to consider: By 1959 Cuba had twice the per-capita income of Spain. Today Spain surpasses Cuba's per-capita income 7 times.

In a 50 year period from 1958 to the present - whereas some nations such as Spain and South Korea went from underdevelopment to the development, or at least en route to such a goal, Cuba had a backward regression to become one of the poorest and least free societies in the Western World.




Gonzalo de Quesada, Cuba (Washington: International Bureau of American Republics, 1905) 43-44.