Comparing Cuba to North Korea makes no sense at all. You could compare it to the USSR or East Germany, but not North Korea. North Korea is effectively a carica

Comparing Cuba to North Korea makes no sense at all. You could compare it to the USSR or East Germany, but not North Korea. North Korea is effectively a caricature of a totalitarian state, ruled by a cartoon villain. Cuba is more like an ordinary country unlucky enough to have a totalitarian government. There are plenty of equally bad countries in the world even today.