Lets Compare... - What's better?

[SlimJin]

I was sitting at my computer when I came across this website it is all about the problems with Cuba and Socialism

http://www.123cuba.com/Cuba-Facts-Photos.html

I will post informative facts about Cuba lets compare and discuss!

[SlimJin]

Here is the rest...

Illiteracy rate: Latin America, 11.7%;; Cuba, 0.2%

- Inhabitants per teacher: Latin America, 98.4; Cuba, 43, in other words, 2.3 times as many teachers per capital

- Primary education enrollment ratio: Latin America, 92%; Cuba, 100%

- Secondary education enrollment ratio: Latin America, 52%; Cuba, 99.7%

- Primary school students reaching Fifth Grade: Latin America, 76%; Cuba, 100%

- Infant mortality per thousand live births: Latin America, 32; Cuba, 6.2

- Medical doctors per hundred thousand inhabitants: Latin America, 160; Cuba, 590

- Dentists per hundred thousand inhabitants: Latin America, 63; Cuba, 89

- Nurses per hundred thousand inhabitants: Latin America, 69; Cuba,
743

- Hospital beds per 100 thousand inhabitants: Latin America, 220; Cuba, 631.6

- Medically attended births: Latin America, 86.5%; Cuba, 100%

- Life expectancy at birth: Latin America, 70 years; Cuba, 76 years

- Population between 15 and 49 years of age infected with HIV/AIDS: Latin America, 0.5%; Cuba, 0.05%

- Annual AIDS infection rate per million inhabitants, i.e. those who develop the disease: Latin America, 65.25; Cuba, 15.6

- The first international study of the Latin American Laboratory of Evaluation of educational quality, carried out in 12 Latin American countries including Cuba, produced the following results. Although this data has been mentioned already, I would like to briefly refer to them in detail:

- In Language, 3rd Grade: Cuba, 85.74 points; the remaining 11 countries, 59.11 points

- In Language, 4th Grade: Cuba, 87.25; the rest, 63.75

- In Mathematics, 3rd Grade: Cuba, 87.75; the rest, 58.31

- In Mathematics, 4th Grade: Cuba, 88.25; the rest, 62.04.



(Edited by SlimJin at 10:07 am on June 29, 2003)

[SlimJin]

LOL I hope I am not the only one to post in this thread. I definitely think that the facts out weigh that narrow minded website. All they did was point out all the bad things about Cuba, but cant even be compared because Cuba is a lot better than the US has as far as the way things are set up for education and the people in general. The US is full of evils that are far worse! Go ahead and go to the ghettos of America and you will find that not only the conditions are worse but so are the people, the people cannot be held accountable it is the government which could care less about the real people of America! Just my thoughts on the whole thing.

(Edited by SlimJin at 10:04 am on June 29, 2003)

[UnionofSovietSocialistRepublics]

slimjin, no offense but i dont really see the point of this thread, you've not left a lot to discuss. Another thing, why have you used three posts?- trying to get your post number up or sumthing????

[SlimJin]

No I think I should have put it into the the Opposing Ideologies, Oops sorry:) No Im not trying to get my number up I just need to read and I get it up

[Red Comrade]

That first link, "123 Cuba" is a load of crap. That is so taken out of context.

It's ridiculous, this guy takes pictures of a couple of rundown buildings and then compare's it to some areas in Havana. That is blatant fabricated propaganda.

I mean, there are plenty of run down buildings in the U.S. and many more slums that have people with no health care or work. Why don't we compare some of the homes in the Appalachian mountains with Beverly Hills? It's exactly the same thing.