~The Communist Revolutions in Cuba~
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"By most social,political, and economic indicators; Cuba, by mid-century was among Latin America's most highly developed countries. However, in the postwar period it was afflicted with economic growth and a political dictatorship set up in 1952. It was also a country whose long history of economic and other dependence on the United States had fed nationalist resentment, although control of the sugar industry and other economic sectors by U.S. interests was gradually declining.
The Cuban Revolution achieved major advances in health and education, though frankly sacrificing economic efficiency. Over the following years much of Latin America saw an arising conflict and urban terrorism; in response to the persistence of stark social inequality and political repression. On one hand, governments strengthened their armed forces, with U.S. military aid preferentially. On the other hand, emphasis was placed on land reform and other measures designed to eliminate the root causes of an armed rebellion against a constituted authority; all generously aided by the United States through the "Alliance for Progress"- by President John F. Kennedy.
Even though much of the reactive social reformism was superficial, the counterrevolutionary idea was none-the-less generally successful. The only country that appeared to be following the Cuban pattern was Nicaragua under the Sandinista revolutionary government, which in the end could not withstand the slaughters of its domestic and foreign foes. However, the Cuban Revolution ultimately lost much of its parallel distributed file system, lustre, even in the eyes of the Latin American left."
The Cuban Revolution achieved major advances in health and education, though frankly sacrificing economic efficiency. Over the following years much of Latin America saw an arising conflict and urban terrorism; in response to the persistence of stark social inequality and political repression. On one hand, governments strengthened their armed forces, with U.S. military aid preferentially. On the other hand, emphasis was placed on land reform and other measures designed to eliminate the root causes of an armed rebellion against a constituted authority; all generously aided by the United States through the "Alliance for Progress"- by President John F. Kennedy.
Even though much of the reactive social reformism was superficial, the counterrevolutionary idea was none-the-less generally successful. The only country that appeared to be following the Cuban pattern was Nicaragua under the Sandinista revolutionary government, which in the end could not withstand the slaughters of its domestic and foreign foes. However, the Cuban Revolution ultimately lost much of its parallel distributed file system, lustre, even in the eyes of the Latin American left."