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Fun fact: USSR provided Cuba provided with discounted oil in exchange for Cuban sugar at above market prices.

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[-] Beaver@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

A better comparison might be to the capitalist Dominican Republic, which is a very similar country both in culture and history. Cuba's nominal and PPP per capita GDP are very similar, and they have similar HDI.

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_the_Dominican_Republic

Yeah, it's not a Cuba thing but a general underdevelopment thing...

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