No sarcasm: can you point me to a mainstream news outlet referred to Cuba as prosperous? Both things can be true; Cuba successfully developed it's own vaccine,

No sarcasm: can you point me to a mainstream news outlet referred to Cuba as prosperous? Both things can be true; Cuba successfully developed it's own vaccine, which is impressive for a country is said to be economically far worse off than most of the Caribbean. It's not on journalists to bring up the plight of Cubans in an article where the subject matter is totally unrelated to the issues of food shortages. You'll be hard pressed to find any mention of cutting of social welfare programs, food deserts, lack of jobs, or a failing school system in an article about weekend shooting numbers in Chicago's South Side because that's not germane to the stats. Certainly things are and have been bad in Cuba for a very long time. Much of the country is destitute and it's notable that the people demonstrate against the gov't over (amongst other things) food shortages, which had been endemic to life in Cuba since Castro came into power. A well-known joke in Cuba goes like this: "What were the first 3 sacrifices to the revolution? Breakfast, lunch, & dinner."