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malaise

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1. Castro's legacy and the envy of many nations: social care in Cuba
Mon Nov 28, 2016, 10:58 AM
Nov 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/27/castros-legacy-and-the-envy-of-many-nations-social-care-in-cuba
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To his critics, the late Fidel Castro was a totalitarian despot, an opponent of free speech and a man determined to preserve his hard-won revolution whatever the cost.

But to his defenders and admirers, he was a leader whose enlightened and practical approach to social care provided Cuba with enviable health and education systems.

Figures from the UN children’s agency, Unicef, show that Cuba’s youth literacy rate stands at 100%, as does its adult literacy rate. In Mexico, youth literacy is around 98.5%, while adult literacy is at 93.5%. In the Dominican Republic, meanwhile, youth literacy is at 98.1% for females aged 15-24, 96.1% for males of the same age, and adult literacy is at 90%.

Many of the educational gains were made in the early years of the revolution, not least during the 1961 literacy campaign that saw hundreds of thousands of Cubans, including schoolchildren, mobilising to educate their compatriots.
Castro's legacy and the envy of many nations: social care in Cuba malaise Nov 2016 #1
I agree heaven05 Nov 2016 #2
Bump malaise Nov 2016 #3
Dictators can accomplish a lot oberliner Nov 2016 #4
We do that here too but because no one goes to prison, that makes it okay. tenderfoot Nov 2016 #5
People marched up and down 5th Avenue protesting Donald Trump oberliner Nov 2016 #8
Bingo. How is this any different than the idolization of Trump or Putin? LittleBlue Nov 2016 #15
Some kinds never liked Jimmy Carter in the first place. They can't lose what they didn't have. n/t Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #18
I have enormous respect for Carter. cwydro Nov 2016 #23
I'm ashamed of Jimmy Carter being registered to the party I'm registered to. ericson00 Nov 2016 #6
The most undemocratic and tyrannical regimes in our hemisphere were put in power malaise Nov 2016 #9
for the most part, they were better than the ones put in place by anti-US interests ericson00 Nov 2016 #12
It was not for your government to choose for others malaise Nov 2016 #13
the world is always going to have wannabe superpowers. Better America than other past aspirants ericson00 Nov 2016 #14
What about the USSR's record? ronnie624 Nov 2016 #16
Great Purge, Holodomor, gulags, ... ericson00 Nov 2016 #17
Carter never was a second rate red-baiter. rug Nov 2016 #7
That's why special interests still hate him malaise Nov 2016 #10
Castro's fifty year rule proved his commitment to pluralism and democracy. AngryAmish Nov 2016 #11
Did you ever go berserk over US puppet dictator Stroessner in Paraguay's 35 years ruling? Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #19
Not to mention burrowowl Nov 2016 #21
? AngryAmish Nov 2016 #22
How many people are posting anti-Trump comments on this website? brooklynite Nov 2016 #20
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