Cuba needs to be compared with other nations that have a similar history and resource endowment, like Jamaica or the Dominican Republic. Cuba ranks 52, while Jamaica is at 79 and The Dominican Republic ranks 98th. Imagine if Jamaica and The Dominican Republic were subjected to unremitting economic warfare and had lost their major economic benefactor, then you can see how impressive Cuba's gains are. I am quite sure that if the USSR had wound up with a leadership more in line with the Cuban CP, world history would have taken an entirely different path.
Daniel Davies wrote:
nor is Malaysia
-----Original Message----- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Doss Sent: 23 July 2004 14:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Human Development Index 2004
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Is there any common cause with any of today's 3rd world economic\political elite (Malaysians? Brazilians? Koreans? Russians? Vietnamese?)?
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Russia is not a 3rd world country.
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