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</image> <image source="map"></image> <label>Type</label> <label>Level</label> <label>Location</label> <label>Inhabitants</label> </infobox>The Socialist Republic of Cuba is an authoritarian socialist, Marxist-Leninist state in the Caribbean, near the USA, Jamaica, Haiti and The Bahamas.

Debates on the Left

Positives of Cuba

Cuba has a highly effective free healthcare and education system.
Cuba's life expectancy is 78.3 years, the 5th highest in the Americas behind Canada, Chile, Costa Rica and the United States.
Cuba ranks 30th on the 2019 Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, which is the only developing country to rank that high.^[1]
Cuba has the highest doctor-to-patient ratio of any country in the world.
As of September 2014, there are around 50,000 Cuban-trained health care workers aiding 66 nations. Cuban doctors have played a leading role in combating the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa.^[2]
In 2015, Cuba became the first country to eradicate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, a milestone hailed by the World Health Organization as "one of the greatest public health achievements possible".^[3]
Cuba's literacy rate is 99.8%, compared to 76% in 1957.
Cuba has a high school graduation rate of 94%.
Cuba has helped 10 million people across Latin America learn to read through foreign literacy programs.
Cuba has some of the best environmental protection systems in the world.
Cuba has helped developed the organipicos system.

Negatives of Cuba

Cuba has engaged in some pretty horrible human rights abuses like torture, kidnapping and execution of dissidents.
Cuba's economy is very backwards and has been falling behind for a long time.

[1] ttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-24/spain-tops-italy-as-world-s-healthiest-nation-while-u-s-slips

[2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20161228051729/http://www.who.int/features/2014/cuban-ebola-team/en/

[3] ttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/30/cuba-first-eliminate-mother-baby-hiv-transmission

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-{{Infobox_location|title = Cuba|image = 1280px-Flag of Cuba.svg.png|imagecaption = The three blue stripes represent the three departments in which Cuba was divided at that time (the 1800s), the white purity of ideals, the light; the red triangle, originating from the French Revolution – and the three ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity: red for the blood and the courage; the star was the new state that should be added to the United States.|map = 800px-CUB orthographic.svg.png|mapcaption = The land claimed by the state of Cuba.}}The '''Socialist Republic of Cuba''' is an [[Authoritarian Socialism|authoritarian socialist]] [[List of States|state]] in the Caribbean, near the [[United States of America|USA]], [[Jamaica]], [[Haiti]] and [[The Bahamas]].
+{{Infobox_location|title = Cuba|image = 1280px-Flag of Cuba.svg.png|imagecaption = The three blue stripes represent the three departments in which Cuba was divided at that time (the 1800s), the white purity of ideals, the light; the red triangle, originating from the French Revolution – and the three ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity: red for the blood and the courage; the star was the new state that should be added to the United States.|map = 800px-CUB orthographic.svg.png|mapcaption = The land claimed by the state of Cuba.}}The '''Socialist Republic of Cuba''' is an [[Authoritarian Socialism|authoritarian socialist]], [[Marxist-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] [[List of States|state]] in the Caribbean, near the [[United States of America|USA]], [[Jamaica]], [[Haiti]] and [[The Bahamas]].
+== Debates on the Left ==
+=== Positives of Cuba ===
+* Cuba has a highly effective free healthcare and education system.
+* Cuba's life expectancy is 78.3 years, the 5th highest in the Americas behind [[Canada]], [[Chile]], [[Costa Rica]] and the [[United States of America|United States]].
+* Cuba ranks 30th on the 2019 Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, which is the only developing country to rank that high.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-24/spain-tops-italy-as-world-s-healthiest-nation-while-u-s-slips</ref>
+* Cuba has the highest doctor-to-patient ratio of any country in the world.
+* As of September 2014, there are around 50,000 Cuban-trained health care workers aiding 66 nations. Cuban doctors have played a leading role in combating the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20161228051729/http://www.who.int/features/2014/cuban-ebola-team/en/</ref>
+* In 2015, Cuba became the first country to eradicate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, a milestone hailed by the [[World Health Organization]] as "one of the greatest public health achievements possible".<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/30/cuba-first-eliminate-mother-baby-hiv-transmission</ref>
+* Cuba's literacy rate is 99.8%, compared to 76% in 1957.
+* Cuba has a high school graduation rate of 94%.
+* Cuba has helped 10 million people across Latin America learn to read through foreign literacy programs.
+* Cuba has some of the best environmental protection systems in the world.
+* Cuba has helped developed the [[organipicos]] system.
+=== Negatives of Cuba ===
+* Cuba has engaged in some pretty horrible human rights abuses like torture, kidnapping and execution of dissidents.
+* Cuba's economy is very backwards and has been falling behind for a long time.
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