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Yes look at it, Cuba has the best public health service and the lowest child mortality while in Chile people flee their college debts and there is no public hea

Yes look at it, Cuba has the best public health service and the lowest child mortality while in Chile people flee their college debts and there is no public health system. Nevermind the thousands of tortured, murdered and kidnapped children caused by the US baked dictatorships.

totalZero 7y ago
The establishment of Cuba's health service was heavily subsidized by the Soviets, as was basically everything else in Cuba during the Cold War. Chile has private healthcare (which does not exist in Cuba) as well as taxpayer-funded healthcare programs. I personally believe that the human right to healthcare is a corollary of the human right to life. Still, I would rather have a surgery in Chile than in Cuba. Chile's education system has been described as the best in Latin America. And incidentally, the country offers free college tuition to the lowest three-fifths of the income spectrum (https://www.chileatiende.gob.cl/fichas/43203-gratuidad-en-la-educacion-superior-2020 https://www.chileatiende.gob.cl/fichas/43203-gratuidad-en-la...). So I don't know what you're talking about. I would rather get a university degree in Chile than in Cuba. If you want to go to Cuba for your medical care and education, be my guest. We will see who is healthier and has a more productive career. Note also that you can't compare a dollar of debt in a productive economy to a dollar of debt in a stagnant economy. > Nevermind the thousands of tortured, murdered and kidnapped children caused by the US baked dictatorships. When you compare something, be careful to select the appropriate counterfactual. Arbitrary imprisonment, sham trials, forced disappearances...these are historically quite common in many nations in Latin America, and certainly not unique to US-supported regimes. Nowadays, the most illiberal governments in Latin America are usually those where people are poor and political leaders rail against the USA.

totalZero 7y ago

The establishment of Cuba's health service was heavily subsidized by the Soviets, as was basically everything else in Cuba during the Cold War. Chile has private healthcare (which does not exist in Cuba) as well as taxpayer-funded healthcare programs. I personally believe that the human right to healthcare is a corollary of the human right to life. Still, I would rather have a surgery in Chile than in Cuba. Chile's education system has been described as the best in Latin America. And incidentally, the country offers free college tuition to the lowest three-fifths of the income spectrum (https://www.chileatiende.gob.cl/fichas/43203-gratuidad-en-la-educacion-superior-2020 https://www.chileatiende.gob.cl/fichas/43203-gratuidad-en-la...). So I don't know what you're talking about. I would rather get a university degree in Chile than in Cuba. If you want to go to Cuba for your medical care and education, be my guest. We will see who is healthier and has a more productive career. Note also that you can't compare a dollar of debt in a productive economy to a dollar of debt in a stagnant economy. > Nevermind the thousands of tortured, murdered and kidnapped children caused by the US baked dictatorships. When you compare something, be careful to select the appropriate counterfactual. Arbitrary imprisonment, sham trials, forced disappearances...these are historically quite common in many nations in Latin America, and certainly not unique to US-supported regimes. Nowadays, the most illiberal governments in Latin America are usually those where people are poor and political leaders rail against the USA.